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Science and Medicine in Football

Are “classical” tests of repeated-sprint ability in football externally valid? A new approach to determine in-game sprinting behaviour in elite football players

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Pages 519-526 | Accepted 02 Oct 2015, Published online: 18 Nov 2015

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