Identifying tools and processes to effectively and efficiently evaluate technologies is an area of need for many sport stakeholders. This study aimed to develop a …
Cathal Grennan
The application of acceleration and deceleration data as a measure of an athlete’s physical performance is common practice in team sports. Acceleration and deceleration are …
An emerging and promising practice is the use of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology to profile team-sports athletes in training and competition. Therefore, the …
Objectives: Determine the validity of instantaneous speed and acceleration.Investigate the variation in validity over time (multiple sessions) for global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) devices.Design:Repeated measures. …
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the dose-response relationship between measures of training load (TL) and changes in aerobic fitness among academy rugby union players. …
This study aimed to investigate the relative contributions of exercise duration and intensity to the training load of team-sport athletes, specifically male professional rugby league …
Abstract: Athlete monitoring has become increasingly important in professional sport to manage the growing demands on players. However, there is limited understanding of the practices …
The study aimed to assess whether chronic heart rate variability (HRV) responses, indicative of training adaptation, could be predicted from the training loads undertaken by …
The objective of this study was to report the demands of international rugby union using global positioning system (GPS) metrics expressed as mean ball in …
This study aimed to quantify and compare the maximum running intensities during rugby union match-play using micro-technology devices (S5 Optimeye, Catapult) from 202 players during …
The purpose of this study was to quantify the frequencies and timings of rugby union match-play phases (i.e., attacking, defending, ball in play (BIP), and …
This study aimed to compare and contrast the high-speed running (HSR) demands of professional rugby union using micro-technology units sampling at 10 Hz and applying …