Movement pattern comparisons in elite (AFL) and sub-elite (WAFL) Australian football games using GPS

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 618-623

  Brewer, Cameron ^a   Dawson, Brian ^a,b   Heasman, Jarryd ^a,b   Stewart, Glenn ^b   Cormack, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b West Coast Eagles FC ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance covered; Fatigue; High intensity efforts; Positional differences; Sprints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EFFECT SIZE; FOOTBALL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORTING EVENT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXERTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958457540     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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