IoT Application in Sports to Support Skill Acquisition and Improvement

This paper proposes a sport-service-oriented architecture framework and describes an example of design and implementation of an IoT application in sports based on sport-skills researches. Especially, the focus is on wearable applications with inertial sensors because sports applications require simple and durable motion-sensing systems. Skateboarding is introduced as a target sport to understand skill components and to support skill acquisition and improvement. Two types of skills (i.e., basic and advanced) are introduced to show different requirements for IoT applications in sports. Design factors to implement a sports application are discussed in terms of two aspects (i.e., analysis and service phases) concerning sports activities. To implement these designs, technology selection and implementation alternatives are discussed in terms of skill types and purpose of sensing (i.e., analysis or service phase).