Velocity and acceleration before contact in the tackle during rugby union matches

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1215-1224

  Hendricks, Sharief ^a   Karpul, David ^a   Nicolls, Fred ^b   Lambert, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

acceleration; performance analysis; rugby union; Tackle; velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865162392     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.707328     Document Type: Article

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