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CONTACT Stephen West | [email protected] @westy160991 World Rugby Science Network Live Conference 2017 | Bath, 12 th September 2017 West S 1 , Williams S 1 , Cross M 2 , Palmer C 2 , Kemp S 3 Stokes K 1 . 1 Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom 2 Premier Rugby Limited, Twickenham, United Kingdom 3 Rugby Football Union, Twickenham, United Kingdom The current landscape for Global Positioning System (GPS) collection and use in Premiership Rugby Clubs • The purpose of this study was to understand the current landscape amongst Premiership Rugby clubs with reference to: • Injury risk measurement tools used • GPS data collection • GPS variables used • GPS value for injury risk management and performance measurement • Barriers to GPS use Why? Study details All 12 Premiership Clubs Conditioning/ Sport Science Staff Average of 37 GPS units per club (SD:10) Range of between 15 and 53 units per club What did we find? What measurements are the most valued in the management of individual injury risk (The lower the score, the higher the value) 22 26 28 28 32 34 36 40 40 41 42 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 What are the most commonly collected variables? Metres/min Count of Sprints Accelerations Decelerations High Speed Running Metres Peak Velocity 12/12 Clubs Distance in speed zones Total Distance Value placed on GPS for individual performance measurement (blue bars) and injury risk management (orange bars), with a value of 1, being ”highly valued” and 10 being “not at all valued” 1 3 1 4 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NUMBER OF RESPONSES Most important GPS variables for managing injury risk 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Distance High Speed Running Distance in speed zones Total load Combination Accels/decels RPE NUMBER OF RESPONSES Most important GPS variables for measuring performance 3 3 3 2 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 Meter per minute High speed running Not Used Distances in speed zones Total distance Count of Sprints NUMBER OF RESPONSES Biggest barriers to GPS use? Questions over device Validity/ Reliability Lack of Equipment 4/12 Clubs 10/12 Clubs 11/12 Clubs 9/12 Clubs
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The current landscape for Global Positioning System (GPS) collection and use in Premiership Rugby Clubs
• The purpose of this study was to understand the current landscape amongst Premiership Rugby clubs with reference to:
• Injury risk measurement tools used• GPS data collection • GPS variables used • GPS value for injury risk management
and performance measurement• Barriers to GPS use
Why? Study details
All 12 Premiership Clubs
Conditioning/ Sport Science Staff
Average of 37 GPS units per club (SD:10)
Range of between 15 and 53 units per club
What did we find?
What measurements are the most valued in the management of individual injury risk
(The lower the score, the higher the value)
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What are the most commonly collected variables?
Metres/min
Count of Sprints
Accelerations
Decelerations
High Speed Running Metres
Peak Velocity
12/12Clubs
Distance in speed zones
Total Distance
Value placed on GPS for individual performance measurement (blue bars) and injury risk management (orange bars), with a value of 1, being ”highly valued”
and 10 being “not at all valued”
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Most important GPS variables for managing injury risk
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TotalDistance
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Totalload Combination Accels/decels RPE
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Most important GPS variables for measuring performance
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Totaldistance CountofSprints
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Biggest barriers to GPS use?
Questions over device Validity/ Reliability
Lack of Equipment
4/12Clubs
10/12Clubs
11/12Clubs
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