The contextual factors associated with running demands in elite male Australian football /
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2024
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Gregorace, Josh
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thesis
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Elite Australian football (AF) is a 360-degree, intermittent field-based invasion sport requiring a multi-faceted skillset. Since the introduction of global positioning system (GPS) technology into the Australian Football League (AFL), high-performance practitioners have been quantifying and reporting on GPS derived running and exertional variables and utilising these running demands as the staple to planning and preparation of their programs. There is a wide variability in these demands given that there is a myriad of potential constraints to AF gameplay (e.g. technical, tactical, environmental, etc.), which may in-turn contextualise running demands, these constraints are often referred to as ‘contextual factors’. A contextual factor is a variable associated with the interpretation of the results, yet are not the primary objective of gameplay. There are likely a plethora of contextual factors which may be associated with gameplay running demands in elite AF. The association between running demands and contextual factors are heavily investigated in sports such as soccer and rugby, however there is yet to be extensive investigation within elite AF but may be useful in optimising high-performance practitioners’ understanding in the running demands of their players.
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University of South Australia. UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance.
UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance
UniSA Allied Health and Human Performance
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Thesis (Master by research(Human Movement))--University of South Australia, 2024.
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Copyright 2024 Josh Gregorace.
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1 ethesis (xvi, 114 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-79)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-79)
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