Physical demands of match play in successful and less-successful elite rugby league teams
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Article Title | Physical demands of match play in successful and less-successful elite rugby league teams |
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ERA Journal ID | 40358 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Hulin, Billy T. (Author), Gabbett, Tim J. (Author), Kearney, Simon (Author) and Corvo, Alex (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance |
Journal Citation | 10 (6), pp. 703-710 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Human Kinetics Publishers |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1555-0265 |
1555-0273 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2014-0080 |
Web Address (URL) | http://content.ebscohost.com/ContentServer.asp?T=P&P=AN&K=109127856&S=R&D=s3h&EbscoContent=dGJyMMvl7ESeqLc4y9f3OLCmr0%2BeqK9Sr664TLOWxWXS&ContentCustomer=dGJyMPPn833j5LmF39%2FsU%2BPe7Yvy |
Abstract | Purpose: To quantify activity profiles in approximately 5-min periods to determine if the intensity of rugby league match play changes after the most intense period of play and to determine if the intensity of activity during predefined periods of match play differ between successful and less-successful teams playing at an elite standard. Methods: Movement was recorded using a MinimaxX global positioning system (GPS) unit sampling at 10 Hz during 25 rugby league matches, equating to 200 GPS files. Data for each half of match play were separated into 8 equal periods. These periods represented the most intense phase of match play (peak period), the period after the most intense phase of match play (subsequent period), and the average demands of all other periods in a match (mean period). Two rugby league teams were split into a high-success and a low-success group based on their success rates throughout their season. Results: Compared with their less-successful counterparts, adjustables and hit-up forwards from the high-success team covered less total distance (P < .01) and less high-intensity-running distance (P < .01) and were involved in a greater number of collisions (P < .01) during the mean period of match play. Conclusions: Although a greater number of collisions during match play is linked with a greater rate of success, greater amounts of high-intensity running and total distance are not related to competitive success in elite rugby league. These results suggest that technical and tactical differences, rather than activity profiles, may be the distinguishing factor between successful and less-successful rugby league teams. |
Keywords | activity profiles; losing; team sport; time-motion analysis; winning; 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 |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Catholic University |
Melbourne Storm Rugby League Football Club, Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q43v1/physical-demands-of-match-play-in-successful-and-less-successful-elite-rugby-league-teams
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