A three-season comparison of match performances among selected and unselected elite youth rugby league players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1110-1119

  Waldron, Mark ^a   Worsfold, Paul R ^b   Twist, Craig ^b   Lamb, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global positioning systems; talent; team sport

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84896490141     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2014.889838     Document Type: Article

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