Tackling in a professional rugby league

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1659-1663

  Austin, Damien ^a,b   Gabbett, Tim ^a,c   Jenkins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Sydney Roosters Rugby League Football Club   (Australia)

^c Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collision; Conditioning; Contact; Time motion analysis; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

FOOTBALL; HUMANS; RUNNING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 79960075973     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181da781c     Document Type: Article

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