Quantifying external load in australian football matches and training using accelerometers

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-51

  Boyd, Luke J ^a   Ball, Kevin ^a   Aughey, Robert J ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Physical contact; Physical demands; Team sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872520519     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.8.1.44     Document Type: Article

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