51. Preliminary Evidence of Transient Fatigue and Pacing During Interchanges in Rugby League.
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Waldron, Mark, Highton, Jamie, Daniels, Matthew, and Twist, Craig
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ANALYSIS of variance ,ANTHROPOMETRY ,ATHLETIC ability ,EXERCISE physiology ,GEOGRAPHIC information systems ,HEART beat ,RUGBY football ,RUNNING ,STATISTICS ,T-test (Statistics) ,PILOT projects ,DATA analysis ,SPORTS events ,BODY movement ,ELITE athletes ,EXERCISE intensity ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to quantify changes in heart rate (HR) and movement speeds in interchanged and whole-match players during 35 elite rugby league performances. Methods: Performances were separated into whole match, interchange bout 1, and interchange bout 2 and further subdivided into match quartiles. Mean percentages of peak HR (%HR
peak ) and total and high-intensity running (> 14 km/h) meters per minute (m/ min) were recorded. Results: For whole-match players, a decline in high-intensity m/min and %HRpeak was observed between successive quartiles (P < .05). High-intensity m/min during interchange 1 also progressively declined, although initial m/min was higher than whole match (24.2 ± 7.9 m/min vs 18.3 ± 4.7 m/min, P = .018), and %HRpe3k did not change over match quartiles (P > .05). During interchange 2, there was a decline in high-intensity m/min from quartile 1 toquartile3 (18 ±4.1 vs 13.4 ±5 m/min, P= .048) before increasing in quartile 4. Quartiles 1 and 2 also showed an increase in %HRpeak (85.2 ± 6.5 vs 87.3 ± 4.2%, P = .022). Conclusions: Replacement players adopted a high initial intensity in their first match quartile before a severe decline thereafter. However, in a second bout, lower exercise intensity at the outset enabled a higher physiological exertion for later periods. These findings inform interchange strategy and conditioning for coaches while also providing preliminary evidence of pacing in team sport. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2013
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