Quantifying positional and temporal movement patterns in professional rugby union using global positioning system

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 488-496

  Jones, Marc R ^a,b   West, Daniel J ^c   Crewther, Blair T ^d   Cook, Christian J ^e   Kilduff, Liam P ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Scarlets Rugby   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioning; GPS; Microtechnology; Rehabilitation; Rugby union

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84955210930     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2015.1010106     Document Type: Article

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