Quantification of tackling demands in professional Australian football using integrated wearable athlete tracking technology

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 589-593

  Gastin, Paul B ^a   McLean, Owen ^a   Spittle, Michael ^a   Breed, Ray V P ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b North Melbourne Football Club ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Collision; GPS; Impact force; Player load

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETE TRACKING TECHNOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MOVEMENT; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TACKLING; TECHNOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; COLLISION; GPS; IMPACT FORCE; PLAYER LOAD;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885841190     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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