The speed and acceleration of the ball carrier and tackler into contact during front-on tackles in rugby league
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Parmley, James, Jones, Ben, Whitehead, Sarah, Rennie, Gordon, Hendricks, Sharief, Johnston, Richard, Collins, Neil, Bennett, Thomas and Weaving, Dan. (2023). The speed and acceleration of the ball carrier and tackler into contact during front-on tackles in rugby league. Journal of Sports Sciences. 41(15), pp. 1450-1458. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2273657
Authors | Parmley, James, Jones, Ben, Whitehead, Sarah, Rennie, Gordon, Hendricks, Sharief, Johnston, Richard, Collins, Neil, Bennett, Thomas and Weaving, Dan |
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Abstract | The aim was to use a combination of video analysis and microtechnology (10 Hz global positioning system [GPS]) to quantify and compare the speed and acceleration of ball-carriers and tacklers during the pre-contact phase (contact − 0.5s) of the tackle event during rugby league match-play. Data were collected from 44 professional male rugby league players from two Super League clubs across two competitive matches. Tackle events were coded and subject to three stages of inclusion criteria to identify front-on tackles. 10 Hz GPS data was synchronised with video to extract the speed and acceleration of the ball-carrier and tackler into each front-on tackle (n = 214). Linear mixed effects models (effect size [ES], confidence intervals, p-values) compared differences. Overall, ball-carriers (4.73 ± 1.12 m∙s−1) had greater speed into front-on tackles than tacklers (2.82 ± 1.07 m∙s−1; ES = 1.69). Ball-carriers accelerated (0.67 ± 1.01 m∙s−2) into contact whilst tacklers decelerated (−1.26 ± 1.36 m∙s−2; ES = 1.74). Positional comparisons showed speed was greater during back vs. back (ES = 0.66) and back vs. forward (ES = 0.40) than forward vs. forward tackle events. Findings can be used to inform strategies to improve performance and player welfare |
Keywords | Rugby league; tackle; speed; acceleration |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Journal of Sports Sciences |
Journal citation | 41 (15), pp. 1450-1458 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0264-0414 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2023.2273657 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2023.2273657 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1450-1458 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
29 Nov 2023 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 14 Oct 2023 |
Deposited | 06 Feb 2024 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/901vw/the-speed-and-acceleration-of-the-ball-carrier-and-tackler-into-contact-during-front-on-tackles-in-rugby-league
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