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PlayerDirection Dataset

Overview

The PlayerDirection dataset consists of 9,700 manually annotated frames of ice hockey players from the 2023–2024 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) seasons. Each cropped image is categorized into one of eight player orientations based on the direction of their head.

Dataset Features

• Classes: 8 orientations – Top, Top-Right, Right, Bottom-Right, Bottom, Bottom-Left, Left, Top-Left.
• Annotations: High-quality manual annotations.
• Sources: Extracted frames from SHL games.
• Formats: Images in JPEG format organized into folders for each class.

Structure

PlayerDirection/
├── Bottom_Left/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Bottom/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Bottom_Right/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Left/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Top_Left/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Top/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Top_Right/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg
├── Right/
│   ├── <Unique_ID>.jpeg