A Wearable Biometric Performance measurement System for Boxing - A SURVEY

Abstract

The performance measurement during the training period or competition is of major interest in the sports research domain. The requirements for an ideal sports performance measuring sensors are less costly, miniature size, and non-intrusive types. It was made possible by the recent developments in MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical Sensors) technology of inertial measurement units. The merging of technology with boxing during training and competition has become more common in today’s sports scenario, which is a motivation for proposing this survey paper. The Inertial sensors are being used more commonly for action recognition and classification, automatic scoring of real-time bouts, head impact and performance monitoring of boxing during training and competition. For combat sports, it has become a trend to use inertial sensor technology. Totally 18 records were considered for survey to display the concept that inertial sensor measurements were primarily used for the measurement of boxing striking/hitting quality, boxing strike classification, automatic scoring of bouts, head impact, machine learning technique used, IMU placement on the body, and validation technique employed in boxing. The methods followed to select and implement the inertial sensor technology appear under-researched, and no appropriate protocols for study the results. Our survey helps in understanding of Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) into application technology to boxing sport.