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Variability of inter-team distances associated with match events in elite-standard soccer

Wouter Frencken UMCG, University of Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Harjo de Poel UMCG, University of Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands
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Chris Visscher UMCG, University of Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands
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Koen Lemmink UMCG, University of Groningen, Center for Human Movement Sciences, Groningen, Netherlands; Hanze University of Applied Sciences, School of Sport Studies, Groningen, Netherlands
Pages 1207-1213 | Received 11 Aug 2011, Accepted 13 Jun 2012, Published online: 12 Jul 2012

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