Performance analysis of professional, semiprofessional, and junior elite rugby league match-play using Global Positioning Systems

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3266-3274

  McLellan, Christopher P ^a   Lovell, Dale I ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Contact sport; GPS; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892453498     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31828f1d74     Document Type: Article

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