The development of position-specific performance indicators in professional rugby union

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-72

  James, Nic ^a   Mellalieu, Stephen D ^a   Jones, Nicholas M P ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data stabilization; Performance indicators; Positional profiles; Rugby union

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSITION; RUGBY;

ADULT; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 12544256539     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410410001730106     Document Type: Article

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