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Fairbank, M, Highton, J, Daniels, M and Twist, C (2022) The content and load of preseason field-based training in a championship-winning professional rugby league team: A case study. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching, 17 (6). pp. 1445-1454. ISSN 1747-9541
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Abstract
This study reports on the content and periodisation of the preseason field-based training for a professional rugby league team. Thirty professional male rugby league players (26 ± 5 years, 180.9 ± 6.5 cm, 94 ± 9 kg) completed an 8-week preseason. Global positioning system devices and heart rate were used to monitor physical and physiological responses of different field-based training components (speed, conditioning, rugby skill and game-based training). Rugby skill training contributed the most to the total distance covered, conditioning was the greatest contributor to high-speed running (>15 km/h) and game-based training provided the greatest high metabolic distance (>20 W/kg) and overall external load. Game-based training provided the greatest time with heart rate ≥80% estimated maximum. The weekly preseason cycle had lower loads on Monday and Thursday whereas Tuesday and Friday produced the highest loads. The preseason described herein adopted a progressive overload comprising a weekly undulating cycle. This study emphasises how skill and games-based training contributes significantly to the overall load of a professional rugby league team's preseason with more traditional conditioning promoting high-speed running load and high metabolic load.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Games-based training; global positioning system; heart rate; periodisation; team sport; 11 Medical and Health Sciences; 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport and Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2024 16:39 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2024 16:45 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/17479541211064872 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/24813 |
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