Built by researchers.
Proven in the field.
Swift didn't start in a boardroom. It started in a lab at Southern Cross University, Australia, where the founders were solving a real problem: how do you accurately measure athletic performance outside of a controlled environment?
That question led to a contract with the Australian Sports Commission, systems deployed across sports academies nationwide, and a role in talent identification for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. From that foundation, the founders bought the project outright and built Swift into a global business.
Thirty years on, the obsession hasn't changed: give coaches and sports scientists data they can act on, on the field, without compromise.
Thirty years of firsts.
The Speedlight Era Begins
The first Speedlight Dual Beam Timing system is released. Swift begins as a research project at Southern Cross University, Australia. A contract with the Australian Sports Commission follows — supplying timing systems to sports academies nationwide for 2000 Olympic Games talent identification.
Independence
The first Speedlight Dual Beam timing gates are released — a wired standalone solution setting the standard for field-based sprint and agility testing. Swift also begins as a research project at Southern Cross University, securing a contract with the Australian Sports Commission to supply timing systems for 2000 Olympic Games talent identification.
Yardstick
The Yardstick Vertical Jump device is released. Used by most schools and sports programs across Australia.
Speedlight goes wireless
Speedlight Wireless timing gates launch — connecting to a PC via wireless dongle and freeing coaches from cabling for the first time.
Going wireless
Swift releases its first wireless timing systems — removing the cables that had always been the weak point of field-based performance testing.
World's first iPad timing system
The Speedlight App launches — the world's first iPad-controlled timing system. An all-new test designer changes how coaches build and run drills for their athletes.
AXIS Cranks
AXIS Cranks are released — delivering real-time bike crank pedal force vectors to coaches and sports scientists for the first time.
Swift DNA Timing System
The Swift DNA Timing System is released — a new generation of precision dual-beam gates designed for elite sport environments. Alongside DNA, Swift releases Syncro — a new iPad control app built from the ground up.
Swift Labs launches
Swift Labs athlete management software is released — giving coaches a single platform to collect, store, and act on performance data from every Swift device.
EzeJump
The EzeJump jump mat system is released — stainless-steel precision, patented switching mechanism, and left-right unilateral data at a price point every program can justify.
G4 Timing Gates with SwiftAir
Swift releases the G4 Timing Gates featuring the proprietary SwiftAir radio system — engineered to cut through today's increasingly congested wireless environments and deliver rock-solid timing reliability on busy training grounds and competition venues.
Apex
After more than 20 years, Swift reimagines the vertical jump measurement system. Apex is lighter, more compact, and built from aircraft-grade carbon fibre — the new gold standard.
DynaSled — the world's first force vector sled
In research partnership with Auckland University of Technology, Swift releases DynaSled — the world's first force vector measuring sled. Patents applied for. Captures horizontal force, acceleration, velocity, and left-right asymmetry, stride by stride, live to iPad.
Swift Labs 2.0
Swift Labs is rebuilt from the ground up — a new generation of cloud-based athlete management, reporting, and AI-driven performance insight for coaches and sports scientists.
Data that changes
what coaches do.
Every product Swift builds starts with the same question: what does a coach actually need to make a better decision about their athlete? Not what's technically possible — what's useful, repeatable, and actionable on a real training ground, with real athletes, under real conditions.