The relationship between physical capacity and match performance in elite Australian football: A mediation approach

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 447-452

  Mooney, Mitchell ^a,b   Brien, Brendan ^a   Cormack, Stuart ^b   Coutts, Aaron ^b,c   Berry, Jason ^a,b   Young, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global positioning system; Match exercise intensity; Team sport; Yo Yo intermittent recovery test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FOOTBALL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORTS SCIENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEAM SPORT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051874187     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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