Badminton Activity Recording

Hi there

One question, maybe you can help me or have a good idea. I have the Venu 3 since two weeks now and it´s the second time I recorded my Badminton Activity yesterday evening. Both recordings are similar and not correct in my opinion. Beside of breaks I was appriximately one and half hours on the court but I moved only 270m with 4000 steps. Without GPS because inhouse. My previous watch recorded two to three times higher values. (For the steps, not for the meters.)

Do someone has similar experiences recording Badminton?

Regards, Joerg

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Garmin-Tracy 4 days ago +1
There are a couple of things to consider here
1. The Badminton activity does not use GPS
2. the average number of steps per KM for most people is 1400. At 4000 steps you would be pushing 3 km. Does that sound…

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0 9921779 8 months ago

No one has had the same experience?

0 6981673 3 months ago

I too faced the same on my Vivoactive 5. Haven't found the answer yet. If you do please do let me know

0 PRK91 3 months ago

I am using Venu 3 since November 2023 and I have not seen my steps go for like 4000. Can you show me a snapshot of the steps page while recording the activity? 4000 is a lot in my opinion. 1000-2000 seems good. I can be wrong here.

0 Armin 8 days ago

Hi, I had similar strange measurements: activity duration 1:40h, calories 670 but distance only 0.07km. Measured with Garmin 3S.

0 Garmin-Tracy 4 days ago

There are a couple of things to consider here

The Badminton activity does not use GPS
the average number of steps per KM for most people is 1400. At 4000 steps you would be pushing 3 km. Does that sound correct?
With GPS not a factor, steps are measured by the accelerometer in the device and as such require an arm swing for each step taken. Steps taken with the racket raised and arm movement would not register

Additional information can be found in My Garmin Watch is Not Accurately Counting Steps

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