Your Broom, Much Smarter

SmartBroom is a slim and light insert for a standard Goldline Air 2.0 broom. This next generation device snaps between the capture plate and pad, adding an array of sensors to the broom to measure sweeping performance.

SmartBroom weighs only 125 grams, and is less than 10 millimetres thin. Our technology fades into the background, allowing athletes to focus on performance. The invisible nature of SmartBroom means data can even be collected during real competition.


Live Data, No Wires

SmartBroom wirelessly transmits data in real time to an app on your iOS or Android device. Connection is maintained across the full length of a sheet of ice, giving coaches the flexibility to monitor performance live from anywhere, even behind the glass.

Your Sweeps, Your Data

The SmartBroom app saves every sweep, allowing for quick review during your session, and long term monitoring after.

If you want to analyse your data on a PC, or store the data in your own database, the data is available as standard .csv files.

Power, All Day

SmartBroom uses a high-capacity rechargeable lithium-polymer battery that charges over a standard USB-C cable.

A full charge will comfortably last a full 10-end game of continuous data collection, and will enable full day training without intervention.


Advanced Software

SmartBroom uses advanced software to make your life easier - we do the analysis for you. The raw data from the sensors is processed and analysed by algorithms directly on the device, so the user is shown information that is actually helpful. We don't believe you should need to be a scientist to become a better sweeper; that's why we've created the SmartBroom to be a complete sweeping analysis tool, much more than a simple set of sensors.

Years of software development speak for themselves. The simple and intuitive user interface and advanced data processing make the SmartBroom the only instrumented curling broom in the world that can be picked up and used by real people.


Force

SmartBroom adds force sensors to the head of the broom to record your downward force over the sweep.  The data is presented as a 'push' force and a 'pull' force.

Applying more downward force, and having a tight gap between push and pull will result in more thermal energy being generated in the ice, and deeper scratches being produced - contributing to more effective sweeping.

Frequency

SmartBroom also monitors your frequency, or stroke rate, in strokes/second. The more the brush-head passes in the path of the stone, the more the ice will be heated, and more scratches will be produced, having a greater effect on the path of the stone.  

Sweepers can now clearly see whether the sweeper increases their frequency at the end of a shot, or if fatigue causes them to taper off.


SPI

SmartBroom combines all the sweeping variables (push-force, pull-force, frequency) into one ultimate result, the SPI (Sweeping Performance Index). The SPI is the only standard for sweeping performance, and the only way to truly gauge overall sweeping effectiveness.

The SPI gives you a single point of comparison over one sweep, between multiple sweeps, or between multiple people. As you vary your force or frequency, you can see the impact they have on your overall effectiveness. The SPI is an incredibly powerful tool for concepts that have, in the past, been difficult to visualize, and it's only available with a SmartBroom.


Engineered in Canada

SmartBroom is designed and engineered in Canada - the world capital of curling.  It is already being used by the best teams in the world, and now it's available to you. 

Technology of this calibre has never before been available to anyone but those at the very highest level, and with highest levels of funding.  With SmartBroom, everything has changed. Finally, your team, club, camp, or institution can train at the same levels as the elite.

Designed For You

SmartBroom has been designed around the user.  Its small unobtrusive form factor and simple user-interface allow SmartBroom to seamlessly integrate itself into your training regimen.

SmartBroom is an invaluable tool that captures critical data, and aids in your success.  With a SmartBroom, you're not leaving your performance up to chance, but taking it into your own hands.


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