Comment on 'Performance analysis in football: A critical review and implications for future research'

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-7

  Carling, Christopher ^a,b   Wright, Craig ^a   Nelson, Lee John ^c   Bradley, Paul S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Lille Football Club   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competition; evaluation; soccer; time motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; LEARNING; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894309001     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.807352     Document Type: Letter

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