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The relationship between the 1200 m shuttle test and 40 m sprint test performance and distances covered in English Premier League matches: A retrospective two season study

Ronan Kavanagh
1, 2
,
Matteo Matteotti
1
,
Rafael Oliveira
3, 4
,
Kevin McDaid
5
,
Jill Alexander
2
,
Damian Harper
2
,
Piotr Zmijewski
6, 7
,
David Rhodes
2, 8
,
Ryland Morgans
9

  1. Performance and Analytics Department, Parma Calcio 1913, 43121 Parma, Italy
  2. Football Performance Hub, Institute of Coaching and Performance, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
  3. Research Center in Sport Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), Santarém Polytechnic University, Av. Dr. Mário Soares, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
  4. Santarém Polytechnic University, School of Sport, Av. Dr. Mário Soares, 2040-413 Rio Maior, Portugal
  5. Applied Data Analytics Research Group, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Louth, Ireland
  6. Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, 00-809 Warsaw, Poland
  7. Research and Development Center Legia Lab, Legia Warszawa, Poland
  8. Human Performance Department, Burnley FC, Burnley, UK
  9. School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, UK
Biol Sport. 2025;42(2):105–111
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.142641
Online publish date: 2024/09/25
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