Measuring Acceleration and Deceleration in Soccer-Specific Movements Using a Local Position Measurement (LPM) System

Abstract

LPM accuracy appears acceptable for most measurements of average acceleration and deceleration, but for peak acceleration and deceleration accuracy is limited. However, when these error margins are kept in mind, the system may be used in practice for quantifying average accelerations and parameters such as summed accelerations or time spent in acceleration zones.