TY - JOUR
T1 - Validity and reliability of GPS devices for measuring movement demands of team sports
AU - Coutts, Aaron J.
AU - Duffield, Rob
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. ISSNs: 1440-2440;
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - There is limited information regarding the validity and reliability of global positioning system (GPS) devices for measuring movementduring team sports. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and intra-model reliability of different GPS devices for quantifying high intensity,intermittent exercise performance. Two moderately trained males each completed eight bouts of a standard circuit that consisted of six laps around a 128.5-m course involving intermittent exercise. Distance and speed were collected concurrently at 1-Hz using six GPS devices (2 SPI-10, 2 SPI Elite and 2 WiSPI, GPSports, Canberra, Australia). Performance measures were: (1) total distance covered for each bout and each lap; (2) high-intensity running distance (>14.4 km h'1, HIR); very high-intensity running distance (>20 km h'1, VHIR) during each bout. Peak speed was also measured during a 20-m sprint at the start of each lap of the circuit (N= 192). Actual distance was measured using a measuring tape. Mean (±SD) circuit total distance was significantly different between each of the GPS devices (P < 0.001); however,all devices were within 5m of the actual lap distance and had a good level of reliability (coefficient of variation (CV) <5%). The CV for total distance (3.6'7.1%) and peak speed (2.3'5.8%) was good-to-moderate, but poor for HIR (11.2'32.4%) and VHIR (11.5'30.4%) for all GPSdevices. These results show that the GPS devices have an acceptable level of accuracy and reliability for total distance and peak speeds during high-intensity, intermittent exercise, but may not be provide reliable measures for higher intensity activities.
AB - There is limited information regarding the validity and reliability of global positioning system (GPS) devices for measuring movementduring team sports. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and intra-model reliability of different GPS devices for quantifying high intensity,intermittent exercise performance. Two moderately trained males each completed eight bouts of a standard circuit that consisted of six laps around a 128.5-m course involving intermittent exercise. Distance and speed were collected concurrently at 1-Hz using six GPS devices (2 SPI-10, 2 SPI Elite and 2 WiSPI, GPSports, Canberra, Australia). Performance measures were: (1) total distance covered for each bout and each lap; (2) high-intensity running distance (>14.4 km h'1, HIR); very high-intensity running distance (>20 km h'1, VHIR) during each bout. Peak speed was also measured during a 20-m sprint at the start of each lap of the circuit (N= 192). Actual distance was measured using a measuring tape. Mean (±SD) circuit total distance was significantly different between each of the GPS devices (P < 0.001); however,all devices were within 5m of the actual lap distance and had a good level of reliability (coefficient of variation (CV) <5%). The CV for total distance (3.6'7.1%) and peak speed (2.3'5.8%) was good-to-moderate, but poor for HIR (11.2'32.4%) and VHIR (11.5'30.4%) for all GPSdevices. These results show that the GPS devices have an acceptable level of accuracy and reliability for total distance and peak speeds during high-intensity, intermittent exercise, but may not be provide reliable measures for higher intensity activities.
KW - Match analysis
KW - Team sports
KW - Training analysis
U2 - 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.09.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jsams.2008.09.015
M3 - Article
VL - 13
SP - 133
EP - 135
JO - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
JF - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
SN - 1440-2440
IS - 1
ER -