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. ISSN 0264-0414
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.
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| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2017 01:27 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2020 06:01 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | performance analysis; team sports; time–motion analysis |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science > 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | C Society > 92 Health > 9299 Other Health > 929999 Health not elsewhere classified |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2017.1288918 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/32239 |
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