Physical fitness of elite women's rugby union players over a ...
Physical fitness of elite women's rugby union players over a ...
Physical fitness of elite women's rugby union players over a ...
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CHAPTER 5<br />
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
5.1 Introduction<br />
This chapter will include a discussion <strong>of</strong> the changes in physical <strong>fitness</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> the<br />
South African Elite women’s <strong>rugby</strong> <strong>players</strong> <strong>over</strong> a competition season. A two-factor analysis<br />
<strong>of</strong> variance (ANOVA) is used to examine differences in anthropometric and physical<br />
characteristics between and within playing positions <strong>over</strong> the competition season with data<br />
derived from forwards and backs at pre-season, mid-season and post-season. Where<br />
applicable, possible explanations are provided to <strong>of</strong>fer insight as to why some variables are<br />
statistically significant (p