Comment on : "Anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players"

McMahon, JJ; Jones, PA; Comfort, P

Abstract

We read with interest the recent review on anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players by Till et al. 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., 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.

Citation

McMahon, J., Jones, P., & Comfort, P. (2017). Comment on : "Anthropometric and physical qualities of elite male youth rugby league players". Sports Medicine, 47(12), 2667-2668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0771-6

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 17, 2017
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2017
• Journal: Sports Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0112-1642
• Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Volume: 47
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 2667-2668
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0771-6
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0771-6
• Related Public URLs: https://link.springer.com/journal/40279