Motion analysis of the international and national rank squash players

Abstract

In this paper, we present a study on squash player work-rate during the squash matches of two different quality levels. To assess work-rate, the measurement of certain parameters of player motion is needed. The computer vision based software application was used to automatically obtain player motion data from the digitized video recordings of 22 squash matches. The matches were played on two quality levels - international and Slovene national players. We present the results of work-rate comparison between these two groups of players based on game duration and distance covered by the players. We found that the players on the international quality level on average cover significantly larger distances, which is partially caused by longer average game durations.