GPS Data Import Guide

With the Performance PRO Plan, you can also integrate your athletes' GPS data so that you can track their external loads alongside their internal load, perceptual and physical readiness, and performance data to better manage their workload.

There is a GPS dashboard in the where you can view your group session averages and individual athlete loads to ensure your sessions hit the targets you intended and that your athletes are being exposed to competition-level loads, as well as helping you to identify spikes in load.

The data also automatically feeds into the Injury Risk dashboard where it is combined with Perceptual Readiness data, Internal Load data, and Physical Readiness Assessment data to calculate Dynamic Injury Risk for each athlete.

Below is a short guide to importing your GPS  data. Download a PDF of the guide here.

Navigating to the Import Screen

To start your import, open the import GPS data screen by opening the Analysis dashboards, clicking on the GPS tab, and then clicking the Import GPS Data icon pictured below.

Importing your GPS Data

Importing your GPS Data is done in three simple steps:

Step 1 / Name your Import

The first step is to select a name for your import. The import name will help you identify the import in the Manage Imports screen in case you have made a mistake and need to undo the import. If you leave the “Activity Name” column in the spreadsheet blank, the import name will be used as the name for the activities created.

Step 2 / Select your Import File

A single file can be imported at a time. RYPT provides an import spreadsheet template for you to populate and import your athlete’s GPS data. To download the import spreadsheet template, click on the Download the Import Sheet Template link pictured below to download the spreadsheet to your computer.

See the section Import sheet template explained below for more information on the import spreadsheet and how it should be populated.

Once you've populated the import spreadsheet with your athlete’s data, click Select File to select your import file from your computer. The file you have selected will then be displayed on screen. You can remove it and upload a different file if necessary, or click Next to upload the file.

Step 3 / Review & Confirm your Import

Once your file has been uploaded you’ll be taken to the review screen where the details of your upload will be displayed, including:

Once you are happy, click the Upload file button to complete the import.

Removing Imported Data

If you realise that you have made a mistake after importing data you can undo the import by clicking on the Manage Imports icon on the GPS dashboard as shown below, finding the import you’d like to remove, clicking on the menu icon to the right-hand side, and clicking Remove import.

Import Sheet Template Explained

The import sheet template is an Excel spreadsheet containing the GPS metrics that can be uploaded to RYPT. You will populate the spreadsheet with your athletes' GPS data and then import it to RYPT using the import screens.

It’s not necessary to populate all metrics, just the ones you would like to monitor. Metrics you’re not tracking can be left blank in the spreadsheet.

An activity containing the GPS is created for the athletes included in the spreadsheet on the date provided. Multiple dates can be included in a single spreadsheet to bulk import multiple sessions.

The column headers cannot be edited. If they are edited, the platform will not recognise the data and the upload will fail. The columns are as follows: