Activity profiles of professional soccer, rugby league and Australian football match play

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1858-1866

  Varley, Matthew C ^a   Gabbett, Tim ^b,c   Aughey, Robert J ^a,d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WESTERN BULLDOGS FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

Author keywords

activity; football; GPS; match analysis; team sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918788221     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.823227     Document Type: Article

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