Sprint patterns in rugby union players during competition

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 208-214

  Duthie, Grant M ^a,b   Pyne, David B ^a   Marsh, Damian J ^c   Hooper, Sue L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ACT Rugby Union   (Australia)

Author keywords

Football; Movement patterns; Running; Sprinting; Time motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; RUNNING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33645454267     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-16784.1     Document Type: Article

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