# The Development and Evaluation of a Training Monitoring System for Amateur Rugby Union
## 3 Results
### Evaluation of the Training Monitoring System
#### 3.1.2 Player Survey  
Players were asked to rate seven aspects relating to their experience of using the TMS using a Likert scale from 1-5 (1 = the most negative response, 5 = the most positive response) and the frequency analysis is represented in Figure 4. The methods of feedback given included one-to-one conversations (43%), text message (35%), and collectively at training sessions/meetings (22%). Players were asked how often they or their coach changed their usual training/match preparation based on their data and the mean score was \(2.3\pm 1.1\), with 1% stating that it always occurred, 21% most of the time, 10% about half of the time, 47% sometimes, and 21% stating that it never occurred. Players ranked the seven measures used in the TMS in order of usefulness to their own training/match preparation, with muscle sorens receiving the most first preference selections (24%) and ranking first with a total score of 359 AU out of a maximum score of 504 AU (Table 5). Fatigue ranked second (350 AU) followed by RTT (300 AU), sRPE (287 AU), mood (253 AU), sleep quality (244), and lastly sleep duration (233 AU). When asked to rank the seven measures in order of usefulness to reducing their risk of injury, again muscle sorens received the most first preference selections (28%) and ranked first with a total score of 383 AU (Table 3). Fatigue ranked second (352 AU) followed by sRPE (350 AU), RTT (309 AU), sleep quality (252), sleep duration (203 AU), and lastly mood \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Ease of Use**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Interface**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Enhance**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Reduce**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Enhance**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Performance**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Regularity**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**of Data Use**} \\  & & & **Prescription** & & & & & \\ \hline \(3.2\pm 1.0\) & \(4.2\pm 0.8\) & \(3.5\pm 0.8\) & \(3.5\pm 1.0\) & \(3.3\pm 0.5\) & \(2.0\pm 0.6\) & \(2.0\pm 0.6\) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Strength and conditioning coaches’ mean responses (\(\pm\)SD) to questions using a Likert scale from 1–5 (1 = the most negative response, 5 = the most positive response) relating to the training monitoring system. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Coaches**} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{**Players**} \\ \cline{2-9}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Training**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Injury Risk**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Preparation**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Injury Risk**} \\ \cline{2-9}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Prescription**} & & & & & & \\ \cline{2-9}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Sore**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Rank**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Score**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Rank**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Score**} & \multirow{2}{*}{**Rank**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Score**} \\
**Measures** & & **(AU)** & & & & & **(AU)** & & **(AU)** \\ \hline Muscle Sorens & 3 & 27 & 2 & 30 & 1 & 359 & 1 & 383 \\ RTT & 5 & 21 & 5 & 22 & 3 & 300 & 4 & 309 \\ Sleep Duration & 2 & 28 & 3 & 27 & 7 & 223 & 6 & 203 \\ Sleep Quality & 4 & 25 & 4 & 25 & 6 & 244 & 5 & 252 \\ Mood & 7 & 9 & 7 & 8 & 5 & 253 & 7 & 167 \\ Fatigue & 6 & 18 & 6 & 17 & 2 & 350 & 2 & 352 \\ sRPE & 1 & 40 & 1 & 39 & 4 & 287 & 3 & 350 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* AU = Arbitrary Units, RTT = Readiness to train, sRPE = Session rating of perceived exertion. Note: Measures are ranked from 1 (most important) to 7 (least important). Maximum possible score for measures: player survey = 504 AU, coach survey = 42 AU.  
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Table 5: Ranking of the pre-session and post-session measures by the players (\(n=72\)) and strength and conditioning coaches (\(n=6\)) *. (167 AU). Players were asked if the system was streamlined, what three measures would they keep and muscle soreness was selected by 75% of players, followed by sRPE (65%), fatigue (47%), RTT (44%), sleep quality (26%) mood (26%), and sleep duration (15%).