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Table 4 Total number and percentage of maximum ball in play (BiP) periods where an action is performed and number and percentage of each discrete action performed

From: Physical and technical demands of Australian football: an analysis of maximum ball in play periods

Maximum BiP Metric

Position (BiP files)

BiP phases where an action is performed

Total actions

Kick

Handball

Tackle

Smother

Spoil

Mark

Hit Out

Distance (m·min−1)

Half Line (137)

29 (21%)

39

18 (46%)

7 (18%)

3 (8%)

0 (0%)

5 (13%)

6 (15%)

0 (0%)

 

Key Position (128)

40 (31%)

55

23 (42%)

6 (11%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

7 (13%)

12 (22%)

7 (13%)

 

Mid-wing (124)

34 (27%)

49

23 (47%)

19 (39%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

6 (12%)

0 (0%)

High-speed running (m·min−1)

Half Line (137)

33 (24%)

40

16 (40%)

9 (23%)

9 (23%)

0 (0%)

1 (3%)

5 (13%)

0 (0%)

 

Key Position (128)

43 (34%)

63

22 (35%)

13 (21%)

1 (2%)

0 (0%)

9 (14%)

10 (16%)

8 (13%)

 

Mid-wing (124)

43 (35%)

65

28 (43%)

24 (37%)

4 (6%)

0 (0%)

2 (3%)

7 (11%)

0 (0%)

High-intensity efforts (efforts·min−1)

Half Line (137)

37 (27%)

54

19 (35%)

18 (33%)

9 (17%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

7 (13%)

0 (0%)

 

Key Position (128)

46 (36%)

66

29 (38%)

16 (24%)

3 (5%)

0 (0%)

10 (15%)

6 (9%)

6 (9%)

 

Mid-wing (124)

46 (37%)

68

35 (51%)

19 (28%)

5 (7%)

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

8 (12%)

0 (0%)

PlayerLoad™ (AU·min−1)

Half Line (137)

37 (27%)

51

24 (47%)

11 (22%)

5 (10%)

0 (0%)

5 (10%)

6 (12%)

0 (0%)

 

Key Position (128)

49 (38%)

73

29 (40%)

11 (15%)

4 (5%)

2 (3%)

5 (7%)

12 (16%)

10 (14%)

 

Mid-wing (124)

54 (44%)

85

37 (44%)

30 (35%)

6 (7%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

10 (12%)

0 (0%)

Very-high speed running (m·min−1)

Half Line (137)

35 (26%)

44

22 (50%)

14 (32%)

4 (9%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

3 (7%)

0 (0%)

 

Key Position (128)

42 (33%)

67

20 (30%)

17 (25%)

2 (3%)

0 (0%)

6 (9%)

13 (19%)

9 (13%)

 

Mid-wing (124)

48 (39%)

74

35 (47%)

22 (30%)

8 (11%)

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

8 (11%)

0 (0%)

Accelerations (> 3 m·s−2) (efforts·min−1)

Half Line (137)

55 (40%)

69

20 (29%)

17 (25%)

18 (26%)

3 (4%)

4 (6%)

7 (10%)

0 (0%)

 

Key Position (128)

58 (45%)

77

21 (27%)

11 (14%)

9 (12%)

1 (1%)

9 (12%)

6 (8%)

20 (26%)

 

Mid-wing (124)

60 (48%)

85

30 (35%)

26 (31%)

18 (21%)

1 (1%)

2 (2%)

8 (9%)

0 (0%)

  1. HSR, High-speed running (> 18 km·h−1); HIE, High-intensity efforts (> 18 km·h−1 for ≥ 2 s); VHSR, very high-speed running (> 24 km·h−1)