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Applied Sport Science of Rugby League

Overview of attention for article published in Sports Medicine, April 2014
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Title
Applied Sport Science of Rugby League
Published in
Sports Medicine, April 2014
DOI 10.1007/s40279-014-0190-x
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Authors

Rich D. Johnston, Tim J. Gabbett, David G. Jenkins

Abstract

Rugby league is a team sport in which players engage in repeated high-intensity exercise involving frequent collisions. Recent research, much of which has involved global positioning system (GPS) technology, has provided coaches and sport scientists with a deeper understanding of match demands, particularly at the elite level. This has allowed for the development of training programmes that prepare players for the most intense contact and running demands likely to be experienced in competition. At the elite level, rugby league players have well-developed aerobic and anaerobic endurance, muscular strength and power, reactive agility, and speed. Upper- and lower-body strength and aerobic power are associated with a broad range of technical and sport-specific skills, in addition to a lower risk of injury. Significant muscle damage (as estimated from creatine kinase concentrations) and fatigue occurs as a result of match-play; while muscle function and perceptual fatigue generally return to baseline 48 h following competition, increases in plasma concentrations of creatine kinase can last for up to 5 days post-match. Well-developed physical qualities may minimise post-match fatigue and facilitate recovery. Ultimately, the literature highlights that players require a broad range of physical and technical skills developed through specific training. This review evaluates the demands of the modern game, drawing on research that has used GPS technology. These findings highlight that preparing players based on the average demands of competition is likely to leave them underprepared for the most demanding passages of play. As such, coaches should incorporate drills that replicate the most intense repeated high-intensity demands of competition in order to prepare players for the worst-case scenarios expected during match-play.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Japan 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 335 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 69 20%
Student > Master 53 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 11%
Researcher 22 6%
Student > Postgraduate 19 5%
Other 50 14%
Unknown 96 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 172 50%
Medicine and Dentistry 23 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 6%
Social Sciences 5 1%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 <1%
Other 14 4%
Unknown 108 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 20. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 February 2018.
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#1,561,472
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#1,175
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#16,698
of 226,726 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Sports Medicine
#32
of 48 outputs
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