In what is believed to be a first in any footy code around the world, Australian Rules Football (AFL) is set to use radio transmitters this weekend to transmit live information to the TV broadcasters including speed, endurance, collisions and heart-rates of players.

The AFL has granted Collingwood, Brisbane and, perhaps most significantly, Channel Ten permission to use the same extraordinarily detailed measurements during its broadcast.

Four Collingwood players and five Lions will carry the radio transmitters under their vests, which means television viewers — and clubs — will see:

â– Distance covered and top and average speed of those players.

â– G-force, which measures the impact of their collisions, including their biggest hits.

â– Heart-rates of two players from each club, with the average and highest rates covered.

â– Number of collisions for those nine players and the average force of their hits.

â– A breakdown of how much jogging, running and sprinting the measured players do.

Full story can be read by visiting: Realfooty.com.au

Source: Realfooty.com.au

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