- Title
- The relationship between physical capacity and match performance in elite Australian football : A mediation approach
- Creator
- Mooney, Mitchell; O'Brien, Brendan; Cormack, Stuart; Coutts, Aaron; Berry, Jason; Young, Warren
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/46193
- Identifier
- vital:4246
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.03.010
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-2440
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to verify if yo-yo intermittent recovery test (level 2) (yo-yo IR2) score is linked to Australian football (AF) performance through match exercise intensity. Six week prospective study design. Twenty-one data sets were recorded from nine individual players that completed the yo-yo IR2, and played an Australian Football League match in the first five rounds of the 2010 season wearing a global positioning system (GPS) unit. Simple mediation modelling was used to analyse the inter-relationship between yo-yo IR2 score, match exercise intensity and AF performance. Playing position and experience were also incorporated into the model to identify conditional affects. A significant direct relationship was observed between yo-yo IR2 and number of ball disposals (p<0.1) and a significant indirect relationship was observed between yo-yo IR2 and number of ball disposals through distance travelled at high intensity (HIR mmin-1) (p<0.1). Moderation analysis showed that playing position affected the relationship between of yo-yo IR2 and HIR mmin-1 (p<0.1) and HIR mmin-1 and total ball disposals (p<0.1). Playing experience also significantly affected the relationship between HIR mmin-1 and total ball disposals. This study is the first to identify the effects of yo-yo IR2 on total ball disposals through HIR mmin-1 performed during AF matches, and that playing position and playing experience affect these interactions. © 2011 Sports Medicine Australia.
- Relation
- Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport Vol. 14, no. 5 (2011), p. 447-452
- Rights
- Green - Preprint and Postprint
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Global positioning system; Match exercise intensity; Team sport; Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test; Adult; Australia; Exercise intensity; Football; Human experiment; Male; Normal human; Physical capacity; Physical performance; Sports science; Statistical model
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