- Title
- Comparison of playing positions in elite Australian football: A case study of one club
- Creator
- Young, Warren; Burge, Peter; Russell, Andrew; Carlon, Todd
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/40179
- Identifier
- vital:5178
- Identifier
- ISSN:1835-7644
- Abstract
- Previous research using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to track Australian football (AF) games has used a 1 Hz sampling rate and limited variables to describe game demands. The aim of this study was to compare midfielders and forwards/backs from one elite Australian football club via GPS tracking of games. Game files (n=100) were collected from 19 players (14 midfielders, 5 forwards/backs) and the total distance covered at various speed and acceleration/deceleration zones was analysed. Player positions were statistically compared by one-way ANOVA. Midfielders covered a greater total distance and distance at running speeds between 4-7 m.s. (p<0.05), whereas forwards/backs produced slightly greater maximum running speeds, greater distance sprinting at speeds over 7 m.s, and greater distance peforming high accelerations (p>0.05). The movement demands for midfielders tended towards moderate to fast running speeds whereas forwards/backs displayed a greater proportion of their distance covered at high speed and acceleration/deceleration. It is suggested from the GPS variable that used conditioning should be somewhat indidvidualised to match the specific demands of the playing positions.; C1
- Relation
- Journal of Australian Strength and Conditioning Vol. 18, no. 4 (2010), p. 11-13
- Rights
- Copyright ASCA
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science; AFL; Midfielders; Forwards; Backs; Sprinting
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