Movement patterns in rugby sevens: Effects of tournament level, fatigue and substitute players

Dean Higham; David PYNE; Judith Anson; Anthony Eddy

doi:10.1016/J.JSAMS.2011.11.256

Movement patterns in rugby sevens: Effects of tournament level, fatigue and substitute players

Dean Higham, David PYNE, Judith Anson, Anthony Eddy

UC Research Institute for Sport & Exercise

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Abstract

Understanding of the physical demands and the effects of fatigue and substitute players in rugby sevens is limited. This study quantified the differences in movement patterns between domestic and international rugby sevens tournaments, the effects of fatigue within and between matches during tournaments, and movement patterns of second half substitute players.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	277-282
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume	15
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JSAMS.2011.11.256
Publication status	Published - 2012

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