We read the commentaries from several authors and research groups (1) regarding our recent Viewpoint on remote data collection in sport sciences (2) with great enthusiasm and, considering the remarkable offered perspectives we present a final word. Our intent was to rise some points and argue that, just as we had to reinvent ourselves in several daily activities to face current COVID-19 pandemic, sport sciences could also progress as a research field by improving its research practices. It is also worth to clarify that our intention was not to disqualify the technical level and expertise of sport scientists in their duties, but to highlight that available technological resources could widespread your action even further, encompassing either clinical or elite sport contexts. Furthermore, there appears to be some consensus that tight laboratory-based testing as such is an insufficient approach, were although providing accurate and controlled data, its extrapolation into more realistic scenarios is limited, with ecological validity impairment. We must also not forget that sport sciences area has developed into a large field of study and should not be thought of only in a reductionist way, considering only athletes or the high performance, but in a broader framework, sport sciences must be recognized as the integrator of human movement knowledge (3). In this way, extremely specific and complex tests are valid and have their credits, but we may be are missing the forest for the trees. Thus, topics ranging from the basic science underlying athletic performance, technical, tactical, talent identification, or exercise for healthy deserve equally relevance and proper experimental designs, which ultimately why not would have potential for remote data collection? Regarding remote data collection itself, based on the submitted commentaries from all other authors, a few protocols are being or have already been executed, attesting that technological advancement is undeniable and have more to offers in relation to interventions and research designs than the opposite. Accordingly, we encouraging careful methodological control for researchers at this stage, similar to those that we already perform in person, like considering proper setup of the data collection environment (i.e., ranging from internet connectivity to space and equipment availability), clear and detailed instructions during all the procedures, informed consent signature, demonstrations of how to execute the interventions and previously familiarizations for settle deviation from intended protocol. We recognize that remote data collection will not solve all problems and cannot and should not be applicable to all scenarios, but it is possible (and important) to go beyond the limitations. Ultimately, sport scientists must be in the edge between handling and solving issues related to health improvement or performance (4), not discarding any tool for it. DISCLOSURES No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors.
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