Bands

What are Bands?

Bands are metric-specific zones assigned to athletes to help analyse performance data in greater detail.

They allow metrics such as Velocity, Acceleration, and Player Load to be broken down into ranges (bands), making it easier to monitor intensity levels and review performance across training sessions and matches.

For example, velocity bands can separate movement into low, moderate, and high-speed running zones.

Setting Bands for Athletes

Follow these steps to configure bands for one or more athletes.

1. Open the Band settings
    
   1. Log in to OpenField Cloud.
   2. Select the Settings tab.
   3. Click Bands from the Settings menu.

2. Filter athletes

   Use the Filter Athletes search bar to find athletes by:

   • Athlete name
   • Team
   • Position
      
3. Select the parameter and metric
    
   1. Under Global Bands select the parameter you want to configure from the dropdown menu (for example, Velocity or Acceleration). 
   2. Select the metric unit for the bands (for example, metres per second or kilometres per hour).
       

4. Configure band ranges

   Enter the value ranges for each band.

For example, 

Band 1:  range: 0-5
Band 2:  range: 5-10

5. Select athletes 

   To apply bands:

   • Ensure the checkbox next to the athlete’s name is selected.
   • Deselect an athlete by clearing the checkbox.

6. Apply the bands

   Click  Apply To Selected Athletes.
   
   

7. Sync to the OpenField Console

   Run a Console Sync to download the changes to the OpenField Console. See OpenField Sync for instructions.

Setting Relative Bands for Athletes

For Heart Rate and Velocity, bands can be defined as a percentage of the athlete’s maximum value.

1. Open the band configuration

   Navigate to the Heart Rate or Velocity bands.

2. Enable percentage mode

   Tick Use Percentage.

3. Enter percentage ranges

   Define the band ranges using percentages of the athlete’s maximum value.

4. Select athletes

   Ensure the checkbox is ticked next to each athlete you want to apply the bands to.

5. Apply the bands

   Click Apply to Selected Athletes.

6. Sync to Console

   Run a Console Sync so the updated bands are applied to the OpenField Console.

   Note: If Use Percentage is unticked after applying bands, each athlete’s band values will display numerical values calculated from their individual maximum profile values.

   
   

   For information about setting Max Heart Rate or Max Velocity, see the Athletes article.

Additional Information

Applying bands to past sessions

New bands only apply automatically to future activities.

To update previous activities, you must reprocess the session data.

For more information see: Reprocessing Raw Files/Session Data 

Updating bands for live sessions

To update device bands for live sessions:

1. Change the bands in OpenField Cloud.

2. Run a Console Sync.

3. Connect the devices to the PC.

4. Run another Sync to update the devices.