Straight sprinting is the most frequent action in goal situations in professional football

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 625-631

  Faude, Oliver ^a,b,c   Koch, Thorsten ^b   Meyer, Tim ^a,b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fitness training; high intensity running; power; soccer; video analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY POSTURE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GERMANY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ROTATION; RUNNING; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GERMANY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; ROTATION; RUNNING; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858847020     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.665940     Document Type: Article

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