Influence of field position and phase of play on the physical demands of match-play in professional rugby league forwards

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 556-561

  Gabbett, Tim J ^a   Polley, Chris ^a   Dwyer, Dan B ^b   Kearney, Simon ^c   Corvo, Alex ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c St Kilda Football Club   (Australia)

^d Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity profiles; Repeated effort; Team sports; Time motion analysis; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLAY; RUGBY; RUNNING; TEAM SPORT; TRAINING; VELOCITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENDURANCE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84906306913     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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