What are footballer's vests for?
The use of these type of high-performance clothes have ben taking place for 4-5 seasons now. Then, this product was making its way into the market and footballers began to use them in training with a mixture of curiosity and interest.
Although its use was sporadic, they were soon found to be very useful, for this reason, clubs were convincing their players to wear these GPS football vests more often, also incorporating them into games.
At first, a lot of players did not like them because they were uncomfortable and they thought that the use of these sports vests could affect their performance, but, finally, a big number of teams started to incorporate them into match play more and more. The fact that their has been improvements and that they only weigh 66 grams means that they have become an indispensable item in the world of football today.
What use do the GPS football vests serve?
Well, these training vests, equipped with a modern GPS device, control everything. Moreover, on many occasions they monitor the player's heart rate - this is usually of an added value - the item of clothing also controls the distance covered by the footballer and the intensity of it, their speed, the amount of sprints and accelerations, as well as the number of impacts, thanks to a modern accelerator.
Apart from being able to improve a lot of these aspects and giving the option to correct any erroneous behaviour, the GPS football vests can also be more useful than this. This item of clothing can also warn a player when they are in danger of getting injured, both in training and in the matches themselves.
Teams such as Barcelona use them frequently. Without going any further, a few seasons ago, Luis Enrique was guided for many weeks by the data of this garment when giving rest to players like Jordi Alba or Ivan Rakitic.
The results obtained by the Barcelona team last season ecourage the use of this particular accessory, that has been cast, almost unwittingly, in the dressing rooms of the main football teams.
Of course, those in love with more traditional football, such as Juan Román Riquelme, are not too convinced of the use of this type of clothing
September 29, 2018
Since 2016, this type of clothing has been used in La Liga to collect data: statistics, heat maps, kilometres travelled... the physical trainers and coaches can receive this information, which is of high worth to them, and use it to prepare for games. The media can also access these types of statistics to analyse games. And, of course, sporting directors can use them to see how the footballers that they are interested in shape up, as well as their own players.
And you may also be asking how much these vests cost? For an elite club, this type of GPS football vests costs 1,800- 2000 pounds.
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