Interrelationships between measured running intensities and agility performance in subelite rugby union players

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-230

  Jarvis, Stuart ^a   Sullivan, Lee O ^a   Davies, Bruce ^a   Wiltshire, Huw ^b   Baker, Julien S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b WELSH RUGBY UNION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agility; Field tests; Fitness profile; Performance; Rugby union

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGILITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RUGBY; RUNNING; SKINFOLD; VELOCITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949094447     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620903323892     Document Type: Article

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