Analysis of physical match performance in English Premier League soccer referees with particular reference to first half and player work rates

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 390-397

  Weston, Matthew ^a   Castagna, Carlo ^b   Impellizzeri, Franco M ^c   Rampinini, Ermanno ^c   Abt, Grant ^d  

^a FA Premier League   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Mapei SpA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association football; Fatigue; Intermittent exercise; Match analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SEASONS; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 35449004513     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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