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Purpose: This study implemented 18-week individual-specific sprint acceleration training interventions in elite male rugby backs based on their predetermined individual technical needs, and evaluated the effectiveness of these interventions. Methods: Individual-specific interventions were prescribed to five elite rugby backs over an 18-week period....
Purpose: This study sought to quantify the within-individual relationships between spatiotemporal variables and initial acceleration sprint performance in elite rugby backs and to establish a normative data set of relevant strength-based measures.
Methods: First, the spatiotemporal variables, ratios of step length to step rate and of contact time t...
Biomechanics and motor control of early acceleration: Enhancing the initial sprint performance of professional rugby union backs Sprint acceleration is an important performance feature in many sports. For professional rugby union backs, short distance sprints are frequently carried out in training and competition, but how technique and strength-bas...
Sprint acceleration is an important motor skill in team sports, thus consideration of techniques adopted during the initial steps of acceleration is of interest. Different technique strategies can be adopted due to multiple interacting components, but the reasons for, and performance implications of, these differences are unclear. 29 professional r...
Vitamin D deficiency has been commonly reported in elite athletes, but the vitamin D status of UK university athletes in different training environments remains unknown. The present study aimed to determine any seasonal changes in vitamin D status among indoor and outdoor athletes, and whether there was any relationship between vitamin D status and...
The initial steps of a sprint are important in team sports, such as rugby, where there is an inherent requirement to maximally accelerate over short distances. Current understanding of sprint acceleration technique is primarily based on data from track and field sprinters, although whether this information is transferable to athletes such as rugby...