Physiological, anthropometric, and performance characteristics of rugby sevens players

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-27

  Higham, Dean G ^a   Pyne, David B ^a   Anson, Judith M ^b   Eddy, Anthony ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Australian Rugby Union Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endurance; Fitness testing; Speed; Team sports; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872554015     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.8.1.19     Document Type: Article

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