collinprather / openbiomechanics

The open source initiative for anonymized, elite-level athletic motion capture data. Run by Driveline Baseball.

OpenBiomechanics Project (OBP) Documentation

The OpenBiomechanics Project is an initiative started by Driveline Baseball Research & Development to provide raw (in the form of cleaned C3D files) and processed (full signal + point of interest) sports biomechanics data to the general public. For more information, read the documentation below and visit the project homepage:

Update 2023-11-02

OBP Computer Vision (OBP-CV) added! Examples can be found in the computer_vision folder and the README and data can be found at the following Google Sheet link:

OBP-CV README, Shot List, and More Information

License

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Detailed information can be found in license.txt as well as on the OBP site under "Usage Terms."

Very important part of our license.txt file:

While the license is clear that this data cannot be used for commercial purposes (which includes but is not limited to for-profit organizations, corporations, and sole proprietorships with the intent to profit now or in the future), there is also one additional specific exclusion where this data cannot be used in any form without a specific written commercial (paid) license: Any employee or contractor employed by, associated with, or a significant shareholder of a professional sports organization or financial analysis firm is forbidden to use The OpenBiomechanics Project data for any use whatsoever.

IRB information

Western IRB provided ethical approval for all data collection proceedures (Western IRB # WB-DLR-115)