What Microgate needed
A useful jump test should not require a laboratory workflow. With the wearable GykoPro inertial sensor, the result can be available directly after the movement while remaining practical for everyday performance testing.
CASE STUDY 01 / HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Jump
Analysis.
The goal was simple: make jump testing fast enough for daily training without losing trust in the measurement.
MY ROLE
At Microgate, I worked across test design, signal analysis, algorithm development and the mobile product workflow. I then made the method the subject of my master's thesis and validated it against OptoJump and a force plate.
VALUE IN PRACTICE
The work moved from applied product development through scientific validation into production: the analysis now supports immediate, understandable jump feedback in ProMove.
MASTER'S THESIS / VALIDATIONJump height and flight time: GykoPro compared with OptoJump
30 people · 780 jumpsAgreement0.990ICC(2,1) jump height
Overall error1.17 cmMAE ± 0.39 cm
Within ±2 cm83.8%± 15.2% across people
Jump-height MAELimit 2 cm
012 cm
CMJ
1.39 cm
Squat Jump
1.13 cm
Repeated CMJ
1.01 cm
Overall
1.17 cm
Flight-time MAELimit 20 ms
01020 ms
CMJ
10.89 ms
Squat Jump
9.47 ms
Repeated CMJ
11.45 ms
Overall
10.61 ms
Sports-science question→Validated pipeline→ProMove Mobile
Means ± SD across 30 people. Error bars show between-person variation; each scale ends at its predefined tolerance limit.
HOW IT WORKSA clear
A clear
product story.
From product work to scientific validation
At Microgate, I worked on the analysis and its product workflow. I then used my master's thesis to test the algorithm systematically: take-off, landing, jump height and flight time were compared with established reference systems.
Why the result can be trusted
Across 30 people and 780 paired jumps, the calculated values were compared with OptoJump; CMJs were additionally checked against a force plate. This validation defines both what the product can communicate confidently and where its limits must remain visible.
The value is not a single metric. It is the ability to connect product development at Microgate with independent scientific validation and carry the result into practical use in ProMove. The portfolio summary does not claim interchangeability between measurement systems.
Source: Hartwig, M. (2026). Validation of a Post-Processing Algorithm for Jump Detection and Jump Parameter Estimation. Master's thesis, University of Innsbruck.