Match score affects activity profile and skill performance in professional Australian Football players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 326-331

  Sullivan, Courtney ^a,b   Bilsborough, Johann C ^a,b   Cianciosi, Michael ^a,b   Hocking, Joel ^a   Cordy, Justin ^a   Coutts, Aaron J ^a,b  

^a Elite Performance Unit Carlton Football Club   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GPS; Match analyses; Performance characteristics; Skill performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SKILL; VELOCITY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899626630     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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