An objective method for depicting team performance in elite professional rugby union

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 691-700

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

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Form charts; Performance indicators; Rugby union; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SPORTS SCIENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAM SPORT; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEEDBACK; FOOTBALL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPORTS;

EID: 42149188765     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701815170     Document Type: Article

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