Track soccer or basketball as an exercise.

[NabobCoffee]

How can i track my weekly soccer exercise? Should I juat track it under running excersie? Also which strap can I use to cover my watch from accidents during spoorts loke soccer, basketball ...etc.

[racertempo]

I wish soccer and Volleyball were on the list to add, at least Tennis is which does help me.  So for other sports I play I use walk with GPS off.  If you do run, just make sure your gps is off as well as the GPS will only complicate the tracking and it will give you a map associated with soccer which will not make sense.  

The reason I don't use "workout" is that you cannot see steps & time elapsed there.  I like keeping GPS on for runs, but I have it off for walks.....so when I play velleyball I use "walk", then I change the name later on the computer dashboard.

[AngelaMa]

@NabobCoffee and @racertempo it's great to have you here! 🙂 Have you tried using your tracker during the exercise and let SmartTrack detect the activity?  Once it is logged you can edit it to the activity you where doing. @racertempo thanks for your cooperation! 😉  

I'll be around if you have any questions! 

[racertempo]

I have let Smart Track do it, but I prefer to start and stop my own so I can see my steps for that exercise while it is taking place.  I have used Walk recently for Volleyball, and right now the activites section will not let me edit/change the name of the exercise, it used to allow me in the past.  Do some pre-populated exercise allow you to edit the name and others don't  

Thanks!

[NabobCoffee]

Sorry I am new to the fitbit blaze. How do I start the tracker? Currently I am logging the activity manually but it will be great if you can walk me through the steps. thank you

[AngelaMa]

@NabobCoffee hope you are having a great day! There are several ways to track your exercise using your Blaze. You can use the multisport or exercise mode, for more information about this click here. You can also use SmartTrack this feature automatically recognizes and records select exercises to ensure you get credit for your most active moments of the day. Whenever you wear your tracker and participate in any continuous, high-movement activity of 15 minutes or more, your tracker will recognize and identify your activity and automatically record it for you. To check your stats, look at your exercise history after syncing your tracker. For more information click here. 

Let me know if this helps! 🙂