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ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2023

Challenges and considerations in determining the quality of electronic performance & tracking systems for team sports.

Sam Robertson, Grant Malcolm Duthie, Kevin Ball, Bartholomew Spencer, Fabio Rubens Serpiello, Jade Haycraft, Nicolas Evans, Johsan Billingham, Robert James Aughey

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Review in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sam RobertsonInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Grant Malcolm DuthieSchool of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Kevin BallInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Bartholomew SpencerInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Fabio Rubens SerpielloInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Jade HaycraftInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Nicolas EvansFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Zurich, Switzerland.
Johsan BillinghamFédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Zurich, Switzerland.
Robert James AugheyInstitute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electronic performance & tracking systems (EPTS) are commonly used to track the location and velocity of athletes in many team sports. A range of associated applications using the derived data exist, such as assessment of athlete characteristics, informing training design, assisting match adjudication and providing fan insights for broadcast. Consequently the quality of such systems is of importance to a range of stakeholders. The influence of both systematic and methodological factors such as hardware, software settings, sample rate and filtering on this resulting quality is non-trivial. Highlighting these allows for the user to understand their strengths and limitations in various decision-making processes, as well as identify areas for research and development. In this paper, a number of challenges and considerations relating to the determination of EPTS validity for team sport are outlined and discussed. The aim of this paper is to draw attention of these factors to both researchers and practitioners looking to inform their decision-making in the EPTS area. Addressing some of the posited considerations in future work may represent best practice; others may require further investigation, have multiple potential solutions or currently be intractable.

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PMCPMC10761404

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