Touchpads For Swimming Pools

Our swimming touchpads feature a non slip surface and are completely sealed with no adjustment necessary.

Touchpads for swimming pools.

For a swimming record to be recognized the racing course must be certified. History of touchpads for swimming pools the controversial finish of 1960 was a catalyst for encouraging the commercialization of bill parkinson s recently successful 1957 invention the touchpad. These touchpads allowed swimmers to stop the clock with their own hand reducing the manual poolside timekeepers to back up status. If the course has a movable bulkhead the measurements must be taken immediately after the competition before any lane lines or touchpads are adjusted and certified by a registered surveyor or registered engineer.

They are lighter in weight than other touchpads making it easier for one person to insert and remove the touchpads for a meet. This amount of pressure eliminates ghost touches resulting from water movement. Our swim timing touchpads are designed with you in mind. Our familiar touch pads mounted on the wall in each swimmer s lane register a touch of between 1 5 and 2 5 kg anywhere on the pad s surface.

A swimming pool swimming bath wading pool paddling pool or simply pool is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. For officially sanctioned usa swimming and ncaa naia meets a 25 yard pool must also have approved timing touchpads that hang on the wall where the swimmers touch and turn. These electronic timing devices accurately record swim times eliminating the chance for human error. These touchpads are approximately one centimeter to half an inch thick 1 0 cm to 0 5 in depending on the brand.

Competitive swim training equipment and products for individuals swim teams and swimming pool facilities including competitor and anti wave swim racing lane lines backstroke flags stopwatches pace clocks and stretch cordz and personal swim training equipment. Contains a special surface that provides an excellent grip for swimmers contains four tapeswitches for a consistent sensitivity compatible with other timing systems including omega daktronics and colorado simple connection with timing system via banana plugs. Pools can be built into the ground in ground pools or built above ground as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure and are also a common feature aboard ocean liners and cruise ships.