GPS-Tracking Vests Ramp Up Football Practice

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In the landscape of fitness trackers and user-generated fitness data, it may be unsurprising to learn that a school is utilizing GPS-tracking “smart vests” during football practice. What might be surprising, however, is the perceived benefits those devices provide.

Take the case of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, which according to the Times Free Press is using 20 smart vests with its football team. Members of the team are wearing the devices during practice, and generating data on everything from speed, distance and acceleration to individualized heart rates.

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