Contact load practices and perceptions in elite English rugby league: an evaluation to inform contact load guidelines
Men's and women's Super League clubs currently undertake more contact training during pre-season than in-season, which was planned by coaches and is deemed adequate to prepare players for the demands of rugby league. This study provides data to develop contact load guidelines to improve player welfare whilst not impacting performance.
Authors
- Kevin Till (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-0536)
- Dan Weaving (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-9681)
- Rich D. Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6618-2853)
- Sharron Flahive
- Gemma Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0947-0677)
- Sean Scantlebury (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7065-7057)
- Andrew John Gardner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-5586)
- Peter Mackreth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7271-3250)
- Sarah Whitehead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-3160)
- Sharief Hendricks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3416-6266)
- James Parmley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2098-7012)
- James Craig Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7778-7783)
- Keith Stokes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-2838)
- Ben Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-6236)
- Laura Fairbank
- Jamie Peacock
- Josh Stein
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- The Football Association (GB)
- Hull City Council (GB)
- Hunter Water (AU)
- Australian Football League (AU)
- Irish Rugby Football Union (IE)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- South African Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17159/2078-516x/2024/v36i1a17646
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.34