Physical demands of match play in successful and less-successful elite rugby league teams

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 703-710

  Hulin, Billy T ^a   Gabbett, Tim J ^a   Kearney, Simon ^b   Corvo, Alex ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity profiles; Losing; Team sport; Time motion analysis; Winning

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939786679     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: 15550273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.2014-0080     Document Type: Article

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