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title: "Podcast: Profiling Players with Plantar Pressure Mapping"
description: Antonio Robustelli and Bruce Malkinson discuss using plantar pressure mapping to assess footwear and select the best shoes for optimal sports performance.
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# [Podcast: Profiling Players with Plantar Pressure Mapping](https://blog.xsensor.com/podcast-how-to-profile-players-with-plantar-pressure-mapping)

 Written by [Bruce Malkinson](https://blog.xsensor.com/author/bruce-malkinson) | Sep 1, 2023, 5:49:00 PM

 

 

Antonio Robustelli joins Bruce Malkinson to discuss using plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, to assess and profile players in team-based sports.

**Key Takeaways from Listening to This Podcast:**

1. **Learn –** *The characteristics of team-based sports and why they need fast and reliable data to support player performance and monitor the risk of injury.*
2. **Understand –** *How plantar pressure mapping, like XSENSOR's Intelligent Insoles, can assist sports biomechanists and coaches in evaluating the biomechanical efficiency of players during movement patterns.*
3. **Experience –** *How to use a plantar pressure mapping system to create individual baseline pressure profiles for each player during the preseason.*

**Speakers:**

Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer

[***XSENSOR Technology Corporation***](https://www.xsensor.com/)

 

Antonio Robustelli, Sports Performance Scientist & Technologist

[***OmniAthlete Performance Science***](https://www.omni-athlete.com/)

 

[Watch our FREE webinar to learn more.](https://learn.xsensor.com/plantar-pressure-mapping-in-team-sports-1)

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