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Published in: Sports Medicine 12/2017

01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Comment on: “Anthropometric and Physical Qualities of Elite Male Youth Rugby League Players”

Authors: John J. McMahon, Paul A. Jones, Paul Comfort

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 12/2017

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We read with interest the recent review on anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players by Till et al. [1] and congratulate the authors for producing a very informative review. However, we would like to raise an issue that was not addressed by the authors regarding the normative data provided for countermovement jump (CMJ) height in Table 2 of their article. As many readers may compare CMJ height values of other youth rugby league players with those presented by Till et al. [1], to inform talent identification and/or physical preparation, and possibly compare CMJ height across the included methods, we feel that this issue needed to be highlighted via this letter. …
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Metadata
Title
Comment on: “Anthropometric and Physical Qualities of Elite Male Youth Rugby League Players”
Authors
John J. McMahon
Paul A. Jones
Paul Comfort
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Sports Medicine / Issue 12/2017
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0771-6

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