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View article: Decoding the Tackle: Using a Machine Learning Approach to Understand Direct Head Contact Events in Elite Women's Rugby
Decoding the Tackle: Using a Machine Learning Approach to Understand Direct Head Contact Events in Elite Women's Rugby Open
Concerns about the cumulative effects of head acceleration events in rugby are growing, but how tackle events lead to direct head contact in women's rugby remains underexplored. This cross‐sectional study aimed to develop and evaluate a ma…
View article: Frisbees and Dogs: Domain Adaptation for Object Detection with Limited Labels in Rugby Data
Frisbees and Dogs: Domain Adaptation for Object Detection with Limited Labels in Rugby Data Open
Object detection often struggles when applied to low-resource, domain-specific datasets. This challenge is exacerbated when dealing with sports-related data such as rugby, where fast-paced gameplay and tackles result in frequent instances …
View article: Are we tackle ready? Cross‐sectional video analysis of match tackle characteristics in elite women's Rugby Union
Are we tackle ready? Cross‐sectional video analysis of match tackle characteristics in elite women's Rugby Union Open
The tackle contest is the most common and most injurious match contact event in rugby and is an indicator of performance. Tackle Ready is World Rugby's tackle technique education program. Limited research has characterized the tackle conte…