Table 4.
Kinetic Energy before contact and magnitude of impact (energy distributed between ball-carrier and tackler upon contact). Data reported as mean (±SD).
| n | Ball-carrier Kinetic Energy (Joules) |
Tackler Kinetic Energy (Joules) |
Energy (magnitude of impact) (Joules) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front-on | ||||
| Contact dominated by Ball-carrier | 13 | 1417 (628) |
1519 (1077) |
2754 (1075) |
| Contact dominated by Tackler | 17 | 1464 (1815) |
1911 (1395) |
3063 (1911) |
| Side-on | ||||
| Contact dominated by Ball-carrier | 27 | 1463 (1030) |
1389 (1055) |
2705 (1462) |
| Contact dominated by Tackler | 3 | 1058 (862) |
435 (283) |
1431 (1078) |