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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Repeated High-Intensity-Effort Activity in Elite and Semielite Rugby League Match Play.
International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 2015 September
PURPOSE: No study has investigated the frequency and nature of repeated high-intensity-effort (RHIE) bouts across elite and semielite rugby league competitions. This study examined RHIE activity in rugby league match play across playing standards.
PARTICIPANTS: 36 elite and 64 semielite rugby league players.
METHODS: Global positioning system analysis was completed during 17 elite and 14 semielite matches.
RESULTS: The most commonly occurring RHIE bouts involved 2 efforts (2-RHIE) for both elite and semielite players. Only small differences were found in 2-RHIE activity between elite and semielite match play (effect size [ES] ≥ 0.31 ± 0.15, ≥ 88%, likely). RHIE bouts were more likely to involve contact as the number of efforts in a bout increased (ES ≥0.40 ± 0.15, 100%, almost certainly). Semielite players performed a greater proportion of 2-contact-effort RHIE bouts than their elite counterparts (68.2% vs 60.6%, ES 0.33 ± 0.15, 92%, likely), while elite players performed a greater proportion of 3-effort bouts (26.9% vs 21.1%, ES 0.31 ± 0.15, 88%, likely). Elite players also had a shorter recovery (1.00-3.99 vs ≥4.00 min) between RHIE bouts (ES ≥ 1.60 ± 0.71, ≥ 94%, likely).
CONCLUSION: These findings highlight the RHIE demands of elite and semielite rugby league match play. Elite players are more likely to perform RHIE bouts consisting of 3 efforts and to have a shorter recovery time between bouts. Exposing players to these RHIE demands in training is likely to improve their ability to tolerate the most demanding passages of match play.
PARTICIPANTS: 36 elite and 64 semielite rugby league players.
METHODS: Global positioning system analysis was completed during 17 elite and 14 semielite matches.
RESULTS: The most commonly occurring RHIE bouts involved 2 efforts (2-RHIE) for both elite and semielite players. Only small differences were found in 2-RHIE activity between elite and semielite match play (effect size [ES] ≥ 0.31 ± 0.15, ≥ 88%, likely). RHIE bouts were more likely to involve contact as the number of efforts in a bout increased (ES ≥0.40 ± 0.15, 100%, almost certainly). Semielite players performed a greater proportion of 2-contact-effort RHIE bouts than their elite counterparts (68.2% vs 60.6%, ES 0.33 ± 0.15, 92%, likely), while elite players performed a greater proportion of 3-effort bouts (26.9% vs 21.1%, ES 0.31 ± 0.15, 88%, likely). Elite players also had a shorter recovery (1.00-3.99 vs ≥4.00 min) between RHIE bouts (ES ≥ 1.60 ± 0.71, ≥ 94%, likely).
CONCLUSION: These findings highlight the RHIE demands of elite and semielite rugby league match play. Elite players are more likely to perform RHIE bouts consisting of 3 efforts and to have a shorter recovery time between bouts. Exposing players to these RHIE demands in training is likely to improve their ability to tolerate the most demanding passages of match play.
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