Sports telemetry system for collecting performance metrics and data

A system for acquiring, determining or using performance metrics, data, analytics and/or statistics comprising:

• a plurality of sensors configured to acquire a plurality of data corresponding to the performance of at least one sports participant in real time, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of sensors is attached to the sports participant or equipment used by the sports participant;
• a plurality of telemetry modules for wirelessly communicating data acquired by the plurality of sensors to a local or a remote processing module;
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• a local or remote processing module configured to use the acquired data to determine performance, analytics, statistics or metrics data of the sports participant.

A method for determining and using performance metrics, data, analytics or statistics comprising:

• acquiring a plurality of data through a plurality of wireless sensors for at least one sports participant, said plurality of data corresponding to the performance of the at least one sports participant;
• communicating the plurality of acquired data using a plurality of telemetry modules to a remote processing module;
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• configuring the remote processing module to use the plurality of data to determine a plurality of performance metrics, data, analytics or statistics for the sports participant during a sporting event.