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All to play for: Five reasons why the gamification of sports is the future

Accounting Admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:19:21 +0000

Gamification is one of the biggest up-and-coming trends of the sports industry at the moment. Sport and fitness games are built on the premise of getting fit by having fun. These interactive games require the user to apply full-body motion to participate in technology-driven physical activities.

The concept behind „exergaming“ takes the passion for gaming and turns what was once considered a sedentary behavior into a potentially more active and healthy activity.

Physical gaming has the potential to combat modern society’s lack of physical activity

Maintain a healthy lifestyle and making exercise part of our daily routine isn’t the easiest task in our increasingly digital world. Exergaming has emerged as a great gateway to achieve more physical activity and bring the benefits of technology-enabled sports to younger generations.

According to the World Health Organisation children and adolescents around the world are not active enough. Products that successfully capture the interest of youngsters for sports and exercise such as exergaming devices can be a tool to combat this worrisome lack of physical activity.

The holy grail of hacking our actions – gamification

Gamification, which targets our play instinct and encourages us to do something about it, is a great incentive for us humans to get active.

So is sportification. That means getting someone excited in a playful way to try a new sport or a new movement pattern, working with a low inhibition threshold and with games that let you progress quickly: To sweat, have fun, and stay on the ball for the long haul. After all, it’s only through a sustained commitment to exercise that the positive effects of sport on our lives can be activated.

Five benefits of combining physical activity and digital gameplay

Motivation and Performance:

Exergaming boosts training motivation and performance as players are focused on the gameplay while performing sports or fitness workouts.

Train body and brain at the same time:

It trains physical and cognitive skills at the same time. This multidimensional stimulation of body and brain is especially valuable for kids’ development.

Social Interaction:

Gamification allows for social interaction as multiple players can participate at one time and compete on worldwide leaderboards.

Boost overall well-being:

Exergaming is an essential component of an active and healthy lifestyle. Considering that human life is based on an inseparable physical-cognitive interplay, combined physical-cognitive training through exergames is a promising approach to boost mental and physical health as well as overall well-being.

The Fun Factor:

Exergaming enhances the enjoyment of exercise by infusing workouts with the joy of play.

Our interactiveSQUASH smart court system embraces gamified training modules powered by smart sensor technology to engage the next generation of players.

Like all consumer products, squash is no longer a discrete activity, it’s an experience — consisting of fun and engaging moments on the court. Particularly among younger and more tech-savvy audiences, technology is a driving force that transforms squash practices into fully interactive events.

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New Educational Games of interactiveSQUASH

Accounting Admin — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 13:21:06 +0000

Sports enter the curriculum through interactiveSQUASH with the release of ‘Countries’ application

Set to keep kids active while learning a diversity of subjects, the development of new educational games is high on the goals of the interactiveSQUASH team.

Now allowing for the opportunity to transform the court space on an extension of the classroom and present kids with learning material on a completely refreshing and engaging way, such thematic games empower kids to learn at their own pace.

The new app have been well received by educators, students and parents. Many were witnessed standing in awe by the squash court, curious of how much fun learning the subjects can be!

‘Countries’ takes you on a worldwide journey of discovering countries in each continent while practicing precision skills, movement on court and memorisation. Soon you will know the maps like never before while having lot of fun and going though a complete exercise session.

As a way to welcome new people to squash courts, with diverse interests and often completely new to racquet sports, interactiveSQUASH games can be played with many types and different sized balls, so in every upgraded centre we often have multiple players enjoying the apps together either throwing or kicking in real party mode.

Fighting against child obesity and presenting a way for all of us to acquire or revisit relevant information – this new trend is here to stay. Better keep an eye opened for the many more educational games coming your way though interactiveSQUASH!

Contact our team today to bring this innovative system to your Squash facility or check multiBALL for an easy upgrade of any desired indoor space!

40 meters lines to enter Squash Courts: This is the New Norm

Accounting Admin — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:18:09 +0000

With over 400 kids per day entering the interactiveSQUASH showcase court at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires we can safely say that we have positively disrupted the sport. By combining what is classically good about squash with the latest technologies the result is something undeniably more relevant for the new generations.

Helping to bring squash closer than ever to becoming an official Olympic sport is no small feat, but making it more attractive for the young public is actually the ultimate prize. This not only allows for the health of the modality today, by keeping clubs in business, but it also translates into tomorrow’s success as we expand the contingent of players exponentially.

Pablo Serna, VP of the World Squash Federation and one of the major proponents of the technological advancements among squash’s governing bodies comments on the Youth Olympic Games:

“What we have experienced in Buenos Aires during YOG is a breakthrough in our sport. Having been able to produce such an innovative showcase using a state of the art interactive wall we managed to totally change people’s perception about our sport. With 38 players from 5 continents showing squash’s full potential to world during an Olympic event it is safe to say that is highest milestone we have achieved. New technologies incorporated in sports take us to explore new possibilities. The last time our sport had such a big change was more than 20 years ago when full glass courts were introduced, now pairing those with interactiveSQUASH that can be installed in any court will open the sport to many new enthusiasts”

The latests innovations brought by iSquash are ensuring the continuation of all the “chess-like” strategy, seemingly impossible athleticism and thrilling action that made squash famous at first. It adds to all this by making it even more fun from day one and also more inclusive, connected and smart.

All of the sudden, you are not only playing against a white wall, but against a multitude of games and training modules; you are not only counting points but distance, accuracy and progress; you are not only playing on the community of your club, but sharing your results globally with an interconnected, app based, ranking system.

These are only a few elements of what the new court experience feels like today and all of these are essential for Squash to be more than a great sport for those with a racquets background and to inspire all those looking for the coolest, most connected and digitalised activity out there to participate. This is how you get a 40 meters line of people wanting to enter a squash court.

By embracing this as the new norm every Squash Association, Federation, Club Owner, Manager and Sports Coordinator can make the best use of this opportunity and contribute not only to saving the sport and fostering its growth but to allow it to thrive beyond any historical parallel and propel it closer to an Olympic reality.

“There is no doubt that the cutting edge technology that is the Interactive Squash front-wall was a show stopper at the Youth Olympic Games. New spectators or groups of kids that went past were immediately engaged by the dynamism of the front-wall, whether it was the impact ‘explosions’, clock counting down or images projected on it. However, the star of the show was undoubtedly Monster Match that had kids clamouring to get on court. Several other sports were spotted during the week filming the court, which has to be the ultimate compliment!”

Tim Garner, Legendary Squash Figure & Event Director at the Professional Squash Association

Lucrative, easy to implement and capable to transform the ecosystem of your club. Come join us on the movement to bring thousands of new players to courts in 2019. Let’s celebrate World Squash Day next years with tons of new player, on interactive courts, with countless new stories and an entirely new picture of what squash is.

Let’s keep the positive momentum from the Youth Olympic Games going and drive real and lasting change to squash. The WSF & PSA are helping to refresh and reshape the sport, but the bigger advancements happen as the whole community decides to act and innovate now instead of passively waiting for what tomorrow brings.

Our Team will be happy to guide you through the simple steps to upgrade your club. Feel free to drop us a line today and we will be in touch promptly.

The Benefits of an interactiveSQUASH upgrade

Accounting Admin — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:30:35 +0000

Still not convinced? Then this is for you.

Although summer and squash don’t typically go together, squash die-hards don’t mind taking a break from the heat in a club’s air-conditioned court. Summer is a time for vacations but also ambitious projects. We wanted to share a few of the benefits of an interactiveSQUASH upgrade, to give you an idea of how it could drastically improve your court.

This summer why not consider an interactiveSQUASH upgrade?

It's easy to understand how players can fall in love with interactiveSQUASH. Once you start playing, you don't want to stop.

Digital Functionality

If you’re familiar with the interactiveSQUASH system, you’ll know that the main modification is equipping the court with a projector and series of sensors and cameras that transform it into an immersive technological training environment.

With 20 games and training modules, it’s great for beginners, with tons of fun games for kids such as Monster Match and Ocean. It’s also equally beneficial for experienced players and professionals with tailored training modules such as Drive and Area Focus that improve both accuracy and consistency of shots.

Easily switch between games and training modules by simply placing your hand on the front wall, or you can download the interactiveSQUASH app to easily navigate the system and get up-to-date statistics and leaderboard scores.

For more of a technical overview, check out some more in-depth details here.

Playing a round of Darts. One of 20 interactiveSQUASH games and training modules.

Court Admin

The benefits of the interactiveSQUASH system aren’t simply on the court, but off the court as well. Court owners and operators have access to ‘Court Admin’ which allows them to easily control the system. You can manage games and training modules, access in-depth user statistics over time, and keep track of all hours played on the system.

Court Admin is designed to be user-friendly, so don’t worry if you aren’t the most tech-savvy person out there!

Court Admin puts you in the captain’s chair when it comes to managing your court.

Built-in Surprises

We understand that some people might be a little apprehensive to upgrading their squash courts because they are unsure what interactiveSQUASH can do for them. The beauty of the system is that it combines the traditional sport with an innovative and futuristic twist.

However, the best is yet to come as we’ve hidden some great features in the system. For instance, the 4 cameras installed on each court will provide extensive video tracking and analysis, a feature that will prove indispensable for professionals.

In addition, we’re in the process of adapting the system to support soccer squash. Yes, you read that right, soccer + squash. Using a specially designed indoor soccer ball, players will be able to take part in this high-calibre workout that brings an extra twist to the traditional squash court.

We’re constantly working on new features for the system, so stay tuned for more news and updates!

If you are interested in learning more about interactiveSQUASH, click here or contact us by phone or by email at mail@funwithballs.com