- Title
- Establishing duration-specific running intensities from match-play analysis in rugby league
- Creator
- Delaney, Jace A.; Scott, Tannath J.; Thornton, Heidi R.; Bennett, Kyle J. M.; Gay, David; Duthie, Grant M.; Dascombe, Ben J.
- Relation
- International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance Vol. 10, Issue 6, p. 725-731
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2015-0092
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Rugby league coaches often prescribe training to replicate the demands of competition. The intensities of running drills are often monitored in comparison with absolute match-play measures. Such measures may not be sensitive enough to detect fluctuations in intensity across a match or to differentiate between positions. Purpose: To determine the position- and duration-specific running intensities of rugby league competition, using a moving-average method, for the prescription and monitoring of training. Methods: Data from a 15-Hz global positioning system (GPS) were collected from 32 professional rugby league players across a season. The velocity-time curve was analyzed using a rolling-average method, where maximum values were calculated for 10 different durations, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 min, for each player across each match. Results: There were large differences between the 1- and 2-min rolling averages and all other rolling-average durations. Smaller differences were observed for rolling averages of greater duration. Fullbacks maintained a greater velocity than outside backs and middle and edge forwards over the 1- and 2-min rolling averages (ES 0.8-1.2, P < .05). For rolling averages 3 min and greater, the running demands of the fullbacks were greater than those of the middle forwards and outside backs (ES 1.1-1.4, P < .05). Conclusions: These findings suggest that the running demands of rugby league fluctuate vastly across a match. Fullbacks were the only position to exhibit a greater running intensity than any other position, and therefore training prescription should reflect this.
- Subject
- performance analysis; movement patterns; time–motion analysis; player monitoring
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1338572
- Identifier
- uon:28051
- Identifier
- ISSN:1555-0265
- Language
- eng
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