A work experience kid processes our club's GPS info

[one-eyed]

Coaching by satellite: the AFL's hi-tech future is within reach
Chip Le Grand
The Australian
April 07, 2007

IT is football in the technological age. Each player takes the field with a small global positioning satellite unit strapped to his back. From the first bounce, every step, heartbeat and metre covered is recorded and beamed back to the coaches' box, where a team of sports scientists monitor the numbers in real time.
Whenever a player starts to "red-line" on any given measure, he is brought to the bench and replaced by a team-mate with fresh legs, enabling the game to continue at maximum speed and intensity.

Whenever a player's output slips below an acceptable level, the runner is quickly dispatched to bark instructions in his ear.

A glimpse into a distant sporting future? Hardly.

According to GP Sports, the company that provides AFL clubs with GPS units, it is technology available from July 1.

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The computer will be armed with a physiological profile of every player and relative benchmarks.

"You will be able to sit on the boundary line with a laptop computer and have a look at variables such as heart rate and distance covered in real time," Richmond conditioning and rehabilitation coach Warren Kofoed said.

"The theory would be that when a certain player has been in a certain heart-rate zone or covered a certain amount of distance you would take them off the ground at that time."

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The hidden cost of the new technology is the skilled labour required to analyse the reams of data that unlimited GPS use would produce. Where some clubs, most notably Adelaide and West Coast, can afford to employ a team of sports scientists to do their number crunching, Richmond relies on a work experience kid to process its GPS information.

Another inequity associated with the technology is that it doesn't work under the closed roof of the Telstra Dome. This puts clubs such as St Kilda, the Western Bulldogs, Essendon, Carlton and the Kangaroos, who all use Telstra Dome as a home venue, at a disadvantage.

Full article at: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21516102-2722,00.html

[mightytiges]

Adelaide and West Coast, can afford to employ a team of sports scientists to do their number crunching, Richmond relies on a work experience kid to process its GPS information.

[Moi]

Adelaide and West Coast, can afford to employ a team of sports scientists to do their number crunching, Richmond relies on a work experience kid to process its GPS information.

How are you supposed to compete 

[Moi]

I wont say a word

You don't have to, we know your position on our club 
I was saying how can Melbourne clubs in general compete against the juggernauts of 2 team towns?
You can't - not because of ineptitude, but a sad fact of no resources to compete.
I wouldn't think Richmond was alone   

[Moi]

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[Mopsy]

It said he processes it -it didn't say he evaluates it

[letsgetiton!]

It said he processes it -it didn't say he evaluates it

thats right, he is probably a footy fan and pc geek punching in numbers
dont see a problem with that

[Fishfinger]

Bloody hell! Jackstar has taken his 2 replies in this thread, packed them in his suitcase and shot through. 

Come back soon, Jack. 
I don't always agree with your opinions (hardly ever lately  ) but I still enjoy your stuff.

[mightytiges]

It said he processes it -it didn't say he evaluates it

thats right, he is probably a footy fan and pc geek punching in numbers
dont see a problem with that

It will become very costly if the AFL allows all 22 players to wear GPS during games. Who is going to evaluate our data during the game in real time while the interstate clubs we are competing against get instant feedback on their players status straight to their employed sports scientist without needing the data to be passed through many hands first.