School of Human Movement, Recreation and Performance, Victoria University Melbourne , Australia.
J Sports Sci Med. 2007 Jun 1;6(2):254-60. eCollection 2007.
This study explored the physical movement patterns associated with an elite Under 18 Australian Football (AF) team. Five field positions were selected with observations recording the number and relative per cent of "working "efforts (jogging, running, and sprinting), "resting "efforts (walking) and the total distances associated with "working "or "resting "efforts. Intra-observer reliability, using test- retest method, showed correlations were r = 0.98 or greater. The Wing position covered 11,877 m, the greatest total distance during an entire game, whilst the HBF and Centre positions both recorded 11,545 m and 11,537 m respectively and the Ruck position covered 9,203 m. The HBF recorded the greatest frequency of 'working' and 'resting' efforts (180 and 182 respectively), whilst the Wing (166 and 158), Centre (162 and 149) and Ruck (161 and 166) showed similarities in their results. The Wing position recorded the longest average distance per 'working' effort (58 m) whilst the Centre position recorded the longest average distance per 'resting' effort (17 m). Results also show the completion of less total efforts and smaller total distances, in Under 18 players, recorded compared to professional senior AF data. The results from this study suggest that further in-depth research is required into movement patterns and game activity demands in this AF playing group. Key pointsLittle information currently exists in the movement patterns and physical activity levels in Australian football at both senior and junior levels.The results from this preliminary study found differences in the number of physical efforts and the total volume of work completed in junior Australian football players when compared to previous research in senior players.Further in-depth research is required in movement analysis, particularly at the junior level, in order to assist junior coaching staff in developing specific programs for this population group.
本研究探讨了与澳大利亚足球（AF）精英 18 岁以下球队相关的身体运动模式。选择了五个场上位置，观察记录了“工作”（慢跑、跑步和冲刺）、“休息”（步行）的次数和相对百分比以及与“工作”或“休息”相关的总距离。使用测试-再测试方法的观察者内可靠性显示相关性 r = 0.98 或更高。翼位覆盖 11877 米，是整个比赛中总距离最大的位置，而 HBF 和中心位置分别记录了 11545 米和 11537 米，而 Ruck 位置覆盖了 9203 米。HBF 记录了最大的“工作”和“休息”次数（分别为 180 和 182），而 Wing（166 和 158）、Centre（162 和 149）和 Ruck（161 和 166）的结果相似。翼位记录的平均每次“工作”努力的最长距离（58 米），而中心位记录的平均每次“休息”努力的最长距离（17 米）。结果还表明，与职业高级 AF 数据相比，18 岁以下球员记录的总努力次数和总距离较少。本研究的结果表明，需要进一步深入研究这个 AF 比赛组的运动模式和比赛活动需求。关键点目前在高级和初级 AF 中，关于运动模式和身体活动水平的信息很少。这项初步研究的结果发现，与之前对高级球员的研究相比，初级澳大利亚足球运动员的体力努力次数和完成的总工作量存在差异。需要进一步深入研究运动分析，特别是在初级水平，以便帮助初级教练组为这一人群制定具体的计划。
