Education-Research

Education & Research

Multidisciplinary solutions from the playground to the lecture theatre.

Hundreds of universities, schools and colleges worldwide use Fusion Sport technology on a daily basis. For many clients, the SMARTSPEED family of products are the most used pieces of equipment in their inventory, and many clients continue to add systems to their arsenal simply to keep up with the demand.

With education clients in over 20 countries, we have come to understand the challenges you face on a daily basis. Whether a school, college or university, Fusion has a wide range of multidisciplinary solutions to meet your specific needs.

Our solutions are based on a few important rules

Rule 1	Technology must be easy to use, and save you time.

Rule 2	Technology must represent BEST PRACTICE in accuracy and objective measurement.

Rule 3	A good technology is one which ENGAGES students and staff. It is fun and easy to use, and provides a variety of options for new challenges and thought.

Rule 4	Versatility and quality is vital - equipment must be robust enough to survive the playground or sporting field.

Innovate, Create and Motivate

For most of our education clients SMARTSPEED timing gate is simply their favourite and most used piece of equipment. Why? Because staff and students simply love using it. SMARTSPEED’s unique range of protocols like cutting drills and pacing provide endless opportunities for new training drills and research projects.

“Get with the Program”

Students of all ages and levels engage with the technology – flashing SMARTSPEED lights, new challenges, and wireless mobile technology bring your sessions to life.

SMARTABASE allows you to take your program to the web, with intuitive interfaces and mobile computing apps that understand and speak the language of today’s students.

Easy to Integrate – Your Teaching Assistant

Many teachers are reluctant to use technology in the teaching environment. How can you possibly be expected to operate a computer, whilst trying to engage and control a room full of students?! And what if something goes wrong? Nobody wants to wind up with egg on their face. Fusion products put your mind at ease, using mature products that have been shaped by years of experience, leveraging technologies which work FOR you, not against you. SMARTSCAN and SMARTSPEED are a great example. Just set the system up before your lesson, hand out some wrist bands, and let it be your teaching assistant.

Multidisciplinary Versatility

Fusion technologies can be used in many aspects of the educational environment, from the playground to the computer lab, from physiology to motor learning and biomechanics. SMARTSPEED and SMARTABASE will embed the cultures of health, fitness and performance throughout your organisation, and play vital roles in both your intra and extracurricular programs.

Sport Science Kinesiology courses (University)	Choose from the endless range of SMARTSPEED protocols for assessing speed, agility, reactive change of direction, intermittent high intensity exercise or endurance pacing. Explore concepts of power production and the stretch-shortening cycle using SMARTJUMP. Integrate video and other devices using SMARTLINK and SMARTCAPTURE and benefit from SMARTSCAN automation capabilities. Teach your students how to manage data and boost their opportunities for employment in the future using SMARTABASE.

Sporting Programs	Use SMARTSPEED and SMARTABASE with all of your sporting teams for training, testing, sport science, injury/medical, performance analysis and administration. The data from your sporting teams can be used in the academic aspects of your program, offering “real life” data for multidisciplinary analysis and research. For more information please refer to the “Sport Solutions” section of this website.

Health & PE Lessons (schools)	The SMARTSPEED range offers teachers a wide variety of options for fitness assessment and fun and challenging activities to develop speed, endurance, vision, decision making, balance, skill, coordination and teamwork. Use SMARTSCAN to automate data collection during lessons, and SMARTCAPTURE to automate video capture for review and enrichment. SMARTABASE will allow you to collect data on all aspects of student health, fitness, academic and extra-curricular activities, with one simple interface which students can access anytime, even on their mobile phones. Track improvements in health and fitness across the ages, and even design and build lesson plans that become reusable templates for years to come.

Research	SMARTSPEED and SMARTJUMP open the doors to a wide range of high interest and largely unexplored research areas, making these products ‘must-haves’ for 100s of Universities and Colleges around the world. SMARTJUMP real time feedback is ideal for plyometrics research and training studies Ensure your research success: SMARTSPEED has been independently proven to be THE most accurate and reliable timing gate system available. Maximising reliability is crucial to collecting quality data and being able to detect small changes in performance during intervention studies. SMARTABASE gives you one place where all of your data can come together. Research subjects can record information online such as diet and activity patterns and complete research questionnaires from any computer or even their mobile phones. Powerful reports packages, MS Excel integration and even an in-built data mining tool will give your research program the edge and allow you to gain a true understanding of performance and health.

Classroom	Study the body’s responses to different types of protocols and exercise, using SMARTSPEED, SMARTJUMP and SMARTCAPTURE video integration Physics: relate jumping and sprinting data to concepts such as inertia, momentum, projectile motion and the laws of gravity Mathematics: Work with “real life” data for statistics modules and developing equations IT/Computer Science: design and create SMARTSPEED protocols, graphics files, SMARTABASE report templates and more. SMARTABASE can also be used to deliver online examinations, collect and store assignments from students in electronic format, and produce online student reports for parents and other staff.

Administration	SMARTABASE provides a configurable online or offline solution for ALL administrative data: Student profiles and personal details Academic records and reports Attendance and engagement Medical information – illness, allergies, emergency contacts Subscriptions, equipment You can also use SMARTABASE to run student surveys, secure online examinations and to set and collect assignments in electronic format.

Talent ID/Combines	Whether you are a University conducting talent identification events, or a school looking to identify hidden talent within your students, our solutions are globally recognised as the most efficient and accurate way to conduct talent identification testing. With SMARTSCAN automation, multiple lane testing capabilities, and automated video capture, all integrated with SMARTABASE, our products will facilitate your testing from registration through to final reports. For more details please visit our talent identification solutions page.

Consulting	If you are interested in providing consulting services to local teams and clubs, a Fusion Sport solution will allow you to deliver services of the highest quality, in a fraction of the time and effort. With SMARTSCAN automation and multiple lane testing capabilities, you can provide testing services quickly and efficiently. Then simply upload to SMARTABASE, and generate high quality reports with just a few clicks of your mouse. Clients will delighted with your high quality services, and your profitability will be maximised through maximising efficiency.