About the Authors

Daniel J. Cunningham

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Applied Sport Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales

David A. Shearer

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Psychology and Therapeutic Studies, University of South Wales, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales

Scott Drawer

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sky Performance Hub, Team Sky, Bath, England

Ben Pollard

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Saracens RFC, North London, London, England

Christian J. Cook

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Applied Sport Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales

Mark Bennett

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Rugby Football Union, Greater London, London, England

Mark Russell

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Social and Health Sciences, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, England

Liam P. Kilduff

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

l.kilduff@swansea.ac.uk

Affiliations Applied Sport Technology Exercise and Medicine Research Centre (A-STEM), College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, Welsh Institute of Performance Science, College of Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales

Competing Interests

We have the following interests. Scott Drawer, Mark Bennett and Ben Pollard are employed by The Rugby Football Union. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.