Activity and recovery cycles and skill involvements of successful and unsuccessful elite rugby league teams : A longitudinal analysis of evolutionary changes in National Rugby League match-play
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Gabbett, Tim J. and Hulin, Billy T.. (2018). Activity and recovery cycles and skill involvements of successful and unsuccessful elite rugby league teams : A longitudinal analysis of evolutionary changes in National Rugby League match-play. Journal of Sports Sciences. 36(2), pp. 180-190. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1288918
Authors | Gabbett, Tim J. and Hulin, Billy T. |
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Abstract | We investigated changes in activity and recovery cycles and skill involvements: (1) during National Rugby league (NRL) match-play from 2004 to 2014 and (2) among successful and unsuccessful teams over the same period. Teams were divided into 4 tiers according to final ladder position: (A) 1st–4th, (B) 5th–8th, (C) 9th–12th and (D) 13th–16th. Total, mean and maximum ball-in-play time decreased, while recovery time increased from 2004 to 2014. Offensive and defensive skill involvements changed differentially over time with moderate to large reductions in the number of play-the-balls, offloads and missed tackles, and moderate to large increases in the number of passes, tackles made and ineffective tackles. The gap between Tier A and Tier D decreased for mean activity time and the proportion of short (<45 s) ball-in-play periods. Conversely, the gap between Tier A and Tier D increased for skill involvements, with Tier A completing more play-the-balls, and Tier D performing a greater number of offloads, and total, missed and ineffective tackles. Our results demonstrate the decreasing ball-in-play demands of NRL competition over 11 seasons. However, our data also highlight the narrowing gap in ball-in-play demands, and increasing gap in skill involvements between the top tier and bottom tier teams. |
Keywords | performance analysis; team sports; time-motion analysis |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Sports Sciences |
Journal citation | 36 (2), pp. 180-190 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0264-0414 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1288918 |
PubMed ID | 28282754 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85011891507 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 180-190 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 09 Feb 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Jan 2017 |
Deposited | 14 Jan 2022 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x474/activity-and-recovery-cycles-and-skill-involvements-of-successful-and-unsuccessful-elite-rugby-league-teams-a-longitudinal-analysis-of-evolutionary-changes-in-national-rugby-league-match-play
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