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Question Number: 30010Other 1/5/2016RE: Competitive College Rob of Eagle River, WI USA asks...I am looking for a recommendation for a GPS enabled sport watch to use during games. I prefer a countdown timer for time keeping. Primarily, I want to be able to use the GPS tracking to review my positioning. Any thoughts? Answer provided by Referee Joe McHugh Hi Rob I guess it depends on how much you want to spend. Refs that I know have use Garmin Forerunner and I see reviews on Suunto, Polar and Timex. Many are also into running so it is used mainly for fitness and running stats I have not used a GPS watch just a Seiko Referee RFT 100 which is probably the best referee watch out there although now discontinued. From what I read many have mixed views on these GPS watches. Some are rather large which I don't like and probably need to be techie to use the full benefits. From what I see the positioning software covers total area covered which in itself is somewhat meaningless except for width and depth on the FOP. One review I saw online was just a mass of red lines from penalty area to penalty area? I guess to add in incidents that needs concentration which in itself is unhelpful. Im old school so I just rely on my own after game analysis of game incidents - where I was, what did I miss / see, my angle of view, how well did I think I performed, what did I do incorrectly that caused a problem, what did I do correctly to prevent a problem and could I have done something differently. I also think that video is the best tool to review positioning and that is what happens at the highest level. A mentor is also a very valuable resource. Personally if I was using GPS I would keep it simple with perhaps total distance travelled and speed which is a fitness tool.
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