Abstract
The use of valid, accurate and reliable systems is fundamental to warrant a high-quality data collection and interpretation. In 2015, FIFA created a department of Electronic Performance and Tracking systems, collecting under this name the more used tracking systems in team sport setting: high-definition cameras, Global Positioning Systems, and Local Positioning Systems. To date, LPS systems proved to be valid and accurate in determining the position and estimating distances and speeds. However, it is hypothesized that between LPS, ultra-wide band (UWB) is the most promising technology for the future. Thus, this chapter was aimed to make an update about UWB technology in sport: the FIFA’s regulation, manufacturer that provide this technology, the research articles that assessed validity and reliability of UWB technology, and the criteria standard for the use of this technology.
Highlights
Since the monitoring of match performance is considered a fundamental part of contemporary team sport’s players development, professional soccer clubs invest significant amount of money to nurture elite players [1]
The authors showed that the mean difference (MD) was less than 4 cm and in 95% of the cases was between 1 cm and 7 cm. the magnitude of the differences was expressed as 0.28% with real measures as the reference. %CV was less than 1% in all cases (Table 3)
ultra-wide band (UWB) seems to be the most promising technology for team sports tracking monitoring, since it has not been compared against another Local Positioning Systems (LPS) in team sport setting, it should be considered with caution
Summary
Since the monitoring of match performance is considered a fundamental part of contemporary team sport’s players development, professional soccer clubs invest significant amount of money to nurture elite players [1]. Today, training load monitoring is made thanks to Electronic Performance and Tracking Systems (EPTS) [3, 4], which are classified into three types based on different technologies: Global Positioning Systems (GPS) or Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) [5–7], semi-automatic video camera systems (VID) [8], and Local Positioning Systems (LPS) [9]. The acceptance of the use radio-frequency based technologies during competitions, some installation difficulties of VID, and the possibility to add additional microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) makes that radio-frequency technologies have become most common in team sport settings [4]. Among different types of wireless indoor positioning systems, UWB is a promising technology for indoor positioning and tracking [13] and for outdoor venues where there is no possibility of the surrounding infrastructure interfering in the results [3, 13, 14]. The aim of this review was to make an update about UWB technology in sport
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