The influence of match location, quality of opposition, and match status on technical performance in professional association football

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 885-895

  Taylor, Joseph ^a,b   Mellalieu, Stephen ^a   James, Nic ^c   Shearer, David ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour incidence; Behaviour outcomes; Notational analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCCER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 46649111155     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701836887     Document Type: Article

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