Selected projects

Below are a sample of selected projects led by members of the ISTS team. These showcase our commitment to advancing global standards in sports technology. Each project reflects our collaborative, evidence-based approach to improving the quality and impact of innovation in sport.

Tennis Optical Tracking Assessment

  • We evaluated the accuracy of player centre of mass, limb, and ball tracking systems installed at the Australian Open Grand Slam. Using a gold-standard 3D motion capture system, this project validated key performance benchmarks to support the development of reliable technologies for match analysis, player performance, and officiating.

  • For more information on our work in 3D motion capture and tennis, please contact one of the ISTS team.

Sport Technology Purchasing Process

  • We assisted a major sports league who was implementing a league-wide technology program for assessing players. We assisted with developing the Request for Proposal, identifying candidate vendors, designing and executing a test event to compare the tech solutions over multiple quality features, and advising on the selection of the final league-wide solution.  

  • For more information on how we can help inform your technology purchasing process, please contact one of the ISTS team.

The Sports Tech Quality Framework

  • Led by ISTS members through the Sports Tech Research Network (STRN), this standardized, evidence-based framework is designed to evaluate the quality of sports technologies. Its inception provides a common language to support informed decision-making for organisations, manufacturers, investors, and consumers around sports technology. The framework consists of 23 measurable features across five key pillars: Quality Assurance & Measurement, Established Benefit, Ethics & Security, User Experience, and Data Management.  It is currently being deployed across the professional sports industry, and ISTS members remain active in developing and advancing this framework.

  • To learn more about the Sports Technology Quality Framework, including the most recent publication “Bringing the Framework to Life”, click here.

A Standard for the Quality Assessment of Human and Object Tracking Technologies Used in Field- or Court-based Sports

  • In response to demand from the field, ISTS is spearheading an effort to develop an IEEE accredited standard establishing an objective quality assessment evaluation of electronic systems that measure the space and time characteristics (e.g., position, velocity) of humans (e.g., player, referee) and objects (e.g., ball) during field- or court-based sports.

  • To help shape this standard, please contact one of the ISTS team.

A Common Data Format for Football

  • ISTS members are driving this international effort to develop a uniform and standardized format for football data called the Common Data Format (CDF). The CDF specifies a minimal schema for five types of match data: match sheet data, video footage, event data, tracking data, and match meta data. Developed through a Delphi Study incorporating 120 industry representatives, it aims to ensure that the provided data is clear, sufficiently contextualized, and complete such that it enables common downstream analysis tasks.

  • To read the current version of the common data format for football, please click here.

Sleep Wearable Safety Evaluation

  • ISTS members assisted a sports organization with conducting due diligence on a novel sleep wearable before deploying it for a pilot program. We conducted a product safety evaluation and advised on safety guidelines and processes for the pilot program.

  • For more information on how ISTS can assist with your product safety evaluations, please contact one of the ISTS team.