Attitude and behaviour of junior rugby union players towards tackling during training and match play

Safety Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-284

  Hendricks, Sharief ^a   Jordaan, Esme ^b   Lambert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Injury prevention; Rugby tackle; Safety; Training

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOUR; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SOURCES; INJURY PREVENTION; MEAN RATINGS; RISK FACTORS; RUGBY TACKLE; TEAM SETTING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SURVEYS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETE SAFETY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUGBY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; TACKLE; TRAINING;

EID: 82455212254     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.08.061     Document Type: Article

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