A low-cost accurate speed-tracking system for supporting sprint coaching

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-179

  Cheng, L ^a   Tan, H ^b   Kuntze, G ^c   Bezodis, I N ^c   Hailes, S ^a   Kerwin, D G ^c   Wilson, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coaching support; Position and speed tracking; Sensor networks; Split times; Stride information

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SCENARIO; CARDIFF; CONTACT TIME; CONTINUOUS TRACKING; EVALUATION RESULTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSITION AND SPEED TRACKING; SCIENCE RESEARCH; SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEMS; SPEED-TRACKING; STRIDE LENGTH; TIME INFORMATION;

BIOMECHANICS; REFRIGERATOR TRUCKS; SENSOR NETWORKS;

SPEED;

EID: 77953327583     PISSN: 17543371     EISSN: 1754338X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/17543371JSET55     Document Type: Article

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