New Balance Athletics, Inc.

Ethan Pease

Gordon Row

Sean Brendon Murphy

Klaus Renner

Christopher James Wawrousek

Chris Wawrousek

Trampas Tenbroek

Jean-Francois Fullum

Kim B Blair

Katherine Elizabeth Petrecca

Katherine Petrecca

The invention relates to devices and methods for monitoring one or more athletic performance characteristic of a user. An example apparatus includes a sensing unit adapted to be attachable to a shoe of a user, the sensing unit including a first sensor adapted to monitor an movement of a foot of the user while the user is in motion, the first sensor comprising a gyroscopic sensor, processing means for determining a first performance characteristic of the user based upon an output from the first sensor, the first performance characteristic comprising a foot strike location of a foot of the user upon striking a ground surface, and transmitting means for transmitting a data package representative of the performance characteristic to a remote receiver.

Systems and methods for monitoring athletic performance

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Concord, MA, United States of America

Ethan Pease