BIBLIOS

Document type
Conference papers

Document subtype
Full paper

Title
Is it just a score? Understanding Training Load Management Practices Beyond Sports Tracking

Participants in the publication
Armağan Karahanoğlu (Author)
Aykut Coskun (Author)
Dees Postma (Author)
Bouke Leonard Scheltinga (Author)
Rúben Gouveia (Author)
Dep. Informática
Dennis Reidsma (Author)
Jasper Reenalda (Author)

Summary
Training Load Management (TLM) is crucial for achieving optimal athletic performance and preventing chronic sports injuries. Current sports trackers provide runners with data to manage their training load. However, little is known about the extent and the way sports trackers are used for TLM. We conducted a survey (N=249) and interviews (N=24) with runners to understand sports tracker use in TLM practices. We found that runners possess some understanding of training load and generally trust their trackers to provide accurate training load-related data. Still, they hesitate to strictly follow trackers’ suggestions in managing their training load, often relying on their intuitions and body signals to determine and adapt training plans. Our findings contribute to SportsHCI research by shedding light on how sports trackers are incorporated into TLM practices and providing implications for developing trackers that better support runners in managing their training load.


Institution
UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE

Event
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Publication Identifiers

Address
Honolulu HI USA

Publisher
ACM

Document Identifiers
DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642051
URL - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642051

Rankings
CORE A* (2023) - - Human-centred computing

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