ABSTRACT
Previous match analysis studies on soccer (Hennig and Briehle, 2000) and Australian rules football (Edgecomb and Norton, 2006) have successfully used a Global Positioning System (GPS) to track the general locomotion and movement patterns of players around the field. However, many sport specific actions such as kicking, tackling and passing were not captured and quantified in these studies. For a complete movement analysis, all movements made by players including locomotion and sport specific actions should theoretically be measured. Current match analysis technologies used by researchers, however, are not sensitive enough to measure both global movements on the field and to capture sports specific actions made by players.
