Revolution in the long jump: New technology measures jump accuracy!

Revolution in the long jump: New technology measures jump accuracy!

The prospective Maturants of HTL Mössingerstrasse are on the best way to give the long jump records a technological thrust. As part of their diploma thesis, Christian Haubiz and Kilian Rogl have in cooperation with Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Pierre Elbischger developed an innovative system called Jade (Jump Accuracy Detection & Evaluation). This video -based measuring system records the exact jump point of an athlete and thus enables a precise analysis to identify lost centimeters or transfers in competitions. The idea behind this system could revolutionize future measurement in the long jump.

jade has not only been developed in a classroom theory, but has already been tried out practically. When training the LAC Klagenfurt, the technology was successfully used, where it showed how precisely precise departure data for athletes can be of great advantage. As Klick-Kaernten , it is a part of an international innovation that was recently tested in Düsseldorf: a long jump competition in which one 60-centimeter bounce zone is used. La-Klagenfurt has recognized Jade's potential to improve exactly the areas that are crucial for the competition.

The technology in detail

like Mein-Klagenfurt Described during the jump a short video recording of the jump beam made to identify the athlete's foot at the moment of the jump. This information is processed and transferred to a calculated distance to the jump line. The procedure promises a drastic improvement in efficiency in long jump measurement, in that only the entire jumped width has to be measured until landing - a sensation in the field of sport!