Comparisons of running and accelerometry based measures between playing positions in touch rugby. A case study of an amateur male team
Background: The main objective of the present study was to quantify the external load of the games that belong to a national tournament by comparing playing positions. A secondary objective consisted in comparing the match-to-match variations. Methods: Fourteen players (four links, four middles...
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| Language: | English |
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MRE Press
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Men's Health |
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| Online Access: | https://oss.jomh.org/files/article/20250228-487/pdf/JOMH2024103101.pdf |
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| Summary: | Background: The main objective of the present study was to quantify the
external load of the games that belong to a national tournament by comparing
playing positions. A secondary objective consisted in comparing the
match-to-match variations. Methods: Fourteen players (four links, four
middles and six wings) were included (age: 39.36 ± 5.83 years; body mass
index: 26.65 ± 4.13). Participants were monitored during a tournament.
Through Gpexe pro2, the following measures were collected and relativized per
minute: total distance, forward distance, backward distance, zone 1 (0–1.50
m/s), zone 2 (1.50–3.00 m/s), zone 3 (3.00–4.00 m/s), zone 4 (4.00–5.50 m/s),
zone 5 (5.50–7.00 m/s) and zone 6 (>7.00 m/s), the number of accelerations and
decelerations, impacts and jumps. The absolute values of maximal speed, maximal
acceleration speed and maximal deceleration speed were also used for analysis.
Results: The main findings showed meaningful higher values of zone 4
(16.18 ± 1.89 vs. 5.56 ± 3.53), zone 5 (2.91 ± 0.81
vs. 0.38 ± 0.38), zone 6 (0.35 ± 0.24 vs. 0.00
± 0.00), deceleration (0.56 ± 0.21 vs. 0.19 ± 0.12),
maximal speed (23.56 ± 1.90 vs. 18.84 ± 1.24) and forward
distance (102.20 ± 13.45 vs. 67.42 ± 17.40) for middles than
wings (p < 0.05), with large to very large effect sizes. In addition,
no differences were found when comparing external load data from all matches.
Conclusions: The findings of this study showed a clear tendency of
higher values for middles than links and wings which provides a deeper
understanding of the positional activity profile of an Amateur Portuguese team
allowing practitioners to adjust training with the common external load
experienced in a tournament. Moreover, the analysis of match-to-match comparison
revealed no differences through the competition day, which means a proper
fatigue management. |
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| ISSN: | 1875-6867 1875-6859 |