I am a high school senior in a Engineering Design and Development class, and my design project revolves around improving swimming practice aids. If you use different practice aids during practice, please complete this quick survey. Thanks!
Survey link: http://goo.gl/forms/JtKW7IJ7NS
Chris, I did the survey, but wanted to add something - the biggest swim aid I find lacking is an effective, convenient and accurate heart-rate monitoring device. The ones on the market are clunky (e.g., Aquapulse attaches to earlobe and goggles) and do not consistently work effectively. If I had my dream device, it would be a heart rate monitor that ...
worked in the water
looked/fit like the Nike Fuel Band (or similar)
had a SOLE function of heart rate measurement and a simple, singular read out screen that communicated this
Caveat - I am a NOT a fan of devices that try to do too many things at once as, in my experience, it usually means a sub-par experience across all of the functions. Think "iPod-simple" in terms of design philosophy and feature/function set.
My :2cents: FWIW.
Chris, I did the survey, but wanted to add something - the biggest swim aid I find lacking is an effective, convenient and accurate heart-rate monitoring device. The ones on the market are clunky (e.g., Aquapulse attaches to earlobe and goggles) and do not consistently work effectively. If I had my dream device, it would be a heart rate monitor that ...
worked in the water
looked/fit like the Nike Fuel Band (or similar)
had a SOLE function of heart rate measurement and a simple, singular read out screen that communicated this
Caveat - I am a NOT a fan of devices that try to do too many things at once as, in my experience, it usually means a sub-par experience across all of the functions. Think "iPod-simple" in terms of design philosophy and feature/function set.
My :2cents: FWIW.
