Human beings are a mobile species. It’s ironic and counterintuitive to analyze all the complicated attributes of movement through static motor devices. Human performance is most accurately documented and improved upon through meticulous visual, cognitive and dynamic motor training.
FITLIGHT Trainer is a wireless sensor device composed of 8 LED lights operated by a tablet to monitor and analyze human performance. The lights can be configured in any position – mounted on walls, placed on the ground, or attached to cones and goal posts – to accommodate different training programs. For the sensors to detect movement, users have to deactivate the lights through physical contact, either with feet, hands, or other sports equipment.
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The vast appeal of FITLIGHT lies primarily in its versatility. With strong support from professional athletes and coaches, the team plans to integrate any program that fits into their three major markets: Sports, Medical, and Tactical. One of FitLight’s most famous ambassadors is NBA MVP, Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry. The flashing light drill has helped Curry markedly improve his ball-handling control in the past few seasons.
Mark Hallis, the VP of Marketing and Sales at FitLight, told us about the inspiration behind the company.
“The development of FITLIGHT Trainer was inspired from the vision of Denmark’s Handball Legend Erik Veje Rasmussen. He wanted a product to measure and motivate athletes and improve their skill level. It became very apparent during the early stages of the FITLIGHT Trainer that by adding timing, scoring and other customized features it would allow greater diversity for its applications and widen the scope for athletic development.”
With sensors that track reaction time, speed, agility, and coordination, FITLIGHT can pinpoint the specific attributes that need improvement and help coaches train their athletes more effectively. The data captured by the lights serves to both track progress in each attribute of the human performance and provide in-depth feedback for overall performance improvement.
“Moving forward you will see FITLIGHT Trainer integrating into physiotherapy programs as well as individual sports,” Hallis explains. “It’s affordably priced and very easy to set up and use, making it a great tool for coaches and players to improve performance quality.”
The team is currently expanding into FITLIGHT’s Tactical market by partnering up with the international LEAP obstacle program to enhance military training. The lights will plot data points on a variety of tricky obstacles that have never before been captured. Soldiers will be using FITLIGHT targets to measure movement and reaction “with the integration of non-lethal projectiles.” The company has recently scored a partnership with the Urban Shield event, a military training program that hosts anti-terrorism teams from around the globe.
FITLIGHT’s potential for growth is robust as it has “so many applications of use in so many markets, and each of those markets contains specific applications of use.”
“Connecting what the eye sees to what the brain thinks and how the body reacts,” Hallis says, “is the most fundamental part of everyday life.”