Athletic peformance and technique monitoring
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1. A method comprising:
- monitoring a torso vertical displacement parameter of a user torso during a running activity utilizing an electronic sensor output;
monitoring a user stride length parameter during the running activity utilizing an electronic device;
electronically determining a ratio parameter utilizing the torso vertical displacement parameter and the user stride length parameter; and
outputting an indication of the ratio parameter utilizing the torso vertical displacement parameter and the user stride length parameter at a device user interface.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for athletic performance and technique monitoring are disclosed. In one example, a sensor output is received associated with a movement of a user torso during a running motion. The sensor output is analyzed to identify an undesirable torso motion.
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1. A method comprising:
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monitoring a torso vertical displacement parameter of a user torso during a running activity utilizing an electronic sensor output; monitoring a user stride length parameter during the running activity utilizing an electronic device; electronically determining a ratio parameter utilizing the torso vertical displacement parameter and the user stride length parameter; and outputting an indication of the ratio parameter utilizing the torso vertical displacement parameter and the user stride length parameter at a device user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a first sensor to provide a first sensor output during a user running motion; a second sensor to provide a second sensor output during the user running motion; one or more device user interfaces; one or more processors; and one or more memories storing one or more application programs executable by the one or more processors, the one or more application programs configured to determine a user torso vertical displacement parameter comprising by use of the first sensor output or the second sensor output and configured to determine a user stride length parameter comprising by use of the first sensor output or the second sensor output, the one or more application programs further configured to determine a ratio parameter utilizing the user torso vertical displacement parameter and the user stride length parameter. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by one or more computers, cause the one more computers to perform operations comprising:
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receiving utilizing electronic communications a first data associated with a running activity, the first data comprising a torso vertical displacement parameter data; receiving utilizing electronic communications a second data associated with the running activity, the second data comprising a user stride length parameter data; determining at an electronic device utilizing the first data and the second data a ratio comprising a torso vertical displacement and a user stride length; and outputting the ratio comprising the torso vertical displacement and the user stride length at an electronic device user interface. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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