Positional match demands of professional rugby league competition

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3076-3087

  Sirotic, Anita C ^a,b   Knowles, Hayden ^b   Catterick, Craig ^b   Coutt, Aaron J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Parramatta Eels Rugby League Football Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gamespecific skill; High intensity activity; Match analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856136600     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318212dad6     Document Type: Article

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