Movement analysis of australian national league soccer players using global positioning system technology

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 834-842

  Wehbe, George M ^a   Hartwig, Timothy B ^a   Duncan, Craig S ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sydney Football Club ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

A League soccer; Accelerations; GPS; Match status; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; EXERCISE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898030894     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182a35dd1     Document Type: Article

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