Too many times, in collective imagination, the typical rugby player is pictured as a grunting lowbrow. But is he? Truth be told, some of us actually are. But that doesn't depend on rugby. How does that relate to technology? What can a GPS do to help coaches and players to get to the top? How do you deal with the large volume of data produced? What are the few KPIs that really matter? In this case study we'll see how one of the top teams of Milano collects and examine data from the players, and explore new possibilities to unleash the power of objects.

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Hit him harder! The revenge of the
technological rugby player
PAOLO SALE – A.S. RUGBY MILANO
ANDREA MAIETTA – FRANKENSTEIN GARAGE

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#technorugby
#codemotion2015
@paolosale
@andreamaietta
@AS_RugbyMilano
@catapultsports

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Who we are
(pretending that someone cares)

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How we met
Where we met is easily recalled: in the mud!

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Paolo
First rugby match: 1986
First rugby match as a coach: 1992

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Andrea
First rugby match: 1983
Latest rugby match: 2010

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Why we are here
A.K.A. how do mud and technology meet?

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The problem
We have hard heads…
but they’re not hard enough

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The importance of
measurement
Some stats from NFL

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1 out of 3
NFL players affected by brain traumas

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1 out of 3
Unreported concussions

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$ 657.000.000
Cost of claims by former NFL players in 2013

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Six hundred million $!!!
Cost of claims by former NFL players in 2013

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800 %
Probability for a pro football player to develop
Alzheimer or dementia with respect to the
general population

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76 out of 79
Deceased NFL players with CTE

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HITS
Head Impact Telemetry System

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Rugby is not NFL
But then again, better safe than sorry

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Once upon a time
Rugby as of when we started

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Nowadays…
Modern rugby requires modern stuff

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19-g hit
Hom much does that mean?

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Steek hutzee
(qualitative analysis)

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6-g
Extreme braking in Formula 1

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Physical demands
How to quantify the (significally increased)
physical demands of collision sports?

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Tackling
One of the most practiced skills

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Tackling
Can easily affect the outcome of a game

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Exposure to
repetitive collisions
May increase the risk of traumatic brain injury

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Catch 22
Physical collisions are required to improve
Physical collisions increase injury rate

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Need to monitor
…but how?

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Take one: the coach
will care

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Take one: the coach
will care
Subjective

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Take two: TV analysis

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Take two: TV analysis
Time consuming

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Take two: TV analysis
How do you deal with a large amount of data?

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Take three:
automatic systems
Wearable technology in action

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Many measurements
Impacts, accelerations, decelerations, different
changes of direction…

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Not only sensors
Data scientists and algorithms

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How we met again
Rugby + Wearable + IoT + Analytics

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A case study
ASR Milano and the Catapult System

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Catapult
Disclaimer:
we are just happy customers and have no
conflicts of interest related to this study

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AS Rugby Milano
How comes we have a Catapult?

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Performance
Associate a value in order to measure it

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Player load
PL = f(forward acceleration,
sideways acceleration,
upwards acceleration,
time)

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Player load
…how about heart rate?

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Our starting points
We’re a self-taught team

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We are not
professionals
We cannot use the Catapult system as such

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Amateur players
Stimulus to improvement

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Live demo
(more or less)

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Live demo
Please be merciful,
should technology rebel against us.
It probably will.

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Do it as a pro
Live action, history and prediction

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Motivation
On a whole different level

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Competition
On a whole different level

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What’s going on?
I mean right now

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Stats
What happens

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Video
How it happens

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Analytics
Why it happens

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Protect people
…even from themselves

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Key metrics
Needles in the haystack

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To each his own
Always investigating
both teams and scientists

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Time on the ground
Leaves the defence open

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Lineouts
As they used to be

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Lineouts
How you see them today

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Lifts in lineouts
How quickly up to the top?
How much before the ball connects?

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Workload live
Flag when dangerously close to limit

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Workload for rehab
Gradually build up the players

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Workload
for non starters
Unloaded due to a lack of match load?

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Historical data
Make them useful, both as a design tool and live

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Predictive tool
Shape your decisions trusting solid data

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Worst 4 minutes
Design specific drills accordingly

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Where to stop?
There must be a limit…

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Make things happen
It’s up on you

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www.asrugbymilano.it
Join the scrum side!

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PAOLO SALE
@paolosale
A.S. RUGBY MILANO
ANDREA MAIETTA
@andreamaietta
FRANKENSTEIN GARAGE

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