Profile of position movement demands in elite junior Australian rules footballers Veale, James P. and Pearce, Alan J. 2009, Profile of position movement demands in elite junior Australian rules footballers, Journal of sports science and medicine, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 320-326. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads pearce-profileofposition-2009.pdf Published version application/pdf 206.16KB 107 Title Profile of position movement demands in elite junior Australian rules footballers Author(s) Veale, James P. Pearce, Alan J. Journal name Journal of sports science and medicine Volume number 8 Issue number 3 Start page 320 End page 326 Total pages 7 Publisher Uludag University Place of publication Bursa, Turkey Publication date 2009-09 ISSN 1303-2968 Keyword(s) Australian football movement patterns time-motion analysis Summary This study investigated the positional movement patterns in elite junior Australian Football (AF). Thirty players (17.1 ± 0.9 years) participating in this study were tracked over seven home games of the regular 2006 Victorian junior (Under 18) league season. Using lapsed-time video analysis, each position for an entire match was videotaped on three separate occasions over the course of the season. Data analysed included the number of individual efforts, duration and frequency of efforts; distance and percentage time for the classifications of standing, walking jogging, running and sprinting. Results showed that the midfield position travelled the greatest distance (4173 ± 238 m per quarter; p < 0.05; ES = .94) whilst the full forward/full back travelled the least (2605 ± 348 m per quarter, p < 0.05, ES = 1.21). For all positions, walking or jogging accounted for the greatest number of efforts (45-55%), conversely running and sprinting accounted for 5-13% of match efforts. The majority of efforts across all classifications were between 0-3.99 s. The data from this study provides further evidence that AF is an intermittent sport characterised by high intensity movements separated by low intensity movements at a ratio of one high intensity effort every 12-40 s. However, careful interpretation of the data is required when training junior AF players for specific positions, given the specific group studied. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Uludag University Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045190 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 May 2012, 11:51:22 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2012, 13:50:02 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2012, 13:50:54 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2012, 13:52:55 EST Wed, 07 Nov 2012, 11:03:43 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 17:48:02 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 18:59:08 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:32:42 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:57:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 13 times in TR Web of Science Cited 13 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 219 Abstract Views, 107 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 May 2012, 11:51:22 EST