# The Development and Evaluation of a Training Monitoring System for Amateur Rugby Union
## 3 Results
### Evaluation of the Training Monitoring System
#### 3.1.1 Coach Interview
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**Theme** & **Representative Quotes** & **No. of Responses** \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Training prescription and design} & _“You can have GPS systems and heart rate and those things, but I_ _find the subjective measures really help you know when you can push on or when you need to take a step back in terms of load._ _There were a few occasions where I saw things in the data that_ _resulted in the talking to the coaches and the player and adjusting_ _training._” (Coach 2) & 4 \\  & _“We tweaked our training a little bit based on the data, particularly_ _if we noticed a hard week._” (Coach 3) & _“It made me look at chronic load more and ACWR more than what_ _I had previously done._” (Coach 6) & 4 \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Injury risk reduction} & _“The data definitely started some conversations that could have_ _potentially prevented injury. For instance, the sleep data was_ _useful to see that a lot of other players aren’t getting enough sleep, so we were able to address that. Again, it started a conversation_ _with those players. So, it did help with changing some behaviours that may have helped prevent injuries._” (Coach 1) & 4 \\  & _“Being able to know if a session was an 8 or 9 RPE and then_ _knowing to pull back for the next session will help with injury risk._ _It can also help to ensure that the players aren’t overloaded coming into a big match and that there is enough recovery before it. I think_ _it can really help at reducing injury when you have compliance_ _and when the data is used in the right uway._” (Coach 2) & _“It was really good and likely prevented injuries._” (Coach 3) & 3 \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Enhancing player performance} & _“What it was most useful for was after the tough Tuesday night session, if players were being flagged we could pull them out of that session and have them fully recovered and ready for selection on Saturday... maybe give them extra recovery work instead of_ _training and see if we can get them right for the match. In that_ _regregant it can be very useful for match preparation. It is better we know early so we can be prepared rather than him pulling up in the_ _warmup or early in the match._” (Coach 4) & 3 \\  & _“It can also help to ensure that the players aren’t overloaded coming into a big match and that there is enough recovery before it.”_ (Coach 2) & 4 \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Usefulness of pre-session measures} & _“I found the pre-session measures useful because the players that are working all day are coming to training and telling you how_ _prepared they are for training and by giving me numbers for each measure I can then act on it by cutting them from certain parts of the training or whatever I think is necessary. That is massively beneficial. It’s a great conversation starter._” (Coach 6) & 4 \\  & _“I thought the I to 5 scale worked quite well and I especially liked_ _that it was coloured. When I was checking the data before the_ _essession the trels and changes jumped out at me. When I saw them I knew I had to address it straight away before the session started._ _But the fact that it was coloured gave a good gauge of where the_ _team was at. You might only have 10 min before the training session to look at the data, so the colours really help._” (Coach 1) _They tell me how up for the session they are, and its score would capture the uway I would then communicate to them._” (Coach 5) & 5 \\  & _“They were really effective as a conversation starter._” (Coach 1) & \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Usefulness of sRPE} & _“The sRPE data is the most useful for training design and_ _prescription. It allows me to look back at the previous data and_ _plan the future sessions._” (Coach 5) & 4 \\  & _“Very important measure for us because it’s cheap, time efficient,_ _and it gives you a solid number for load at the end of it._” (Coach 6) & 4 \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Potential of weekly report} & _“If the players had been more consistent it would have been really useful._” (Coach 1) & 3 \\  & _“If we had better buy-in across the panel the training load report_ _would have been really useful._” (Coach 3) & 4 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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