Identifying and developing rugby talent among 10-year-old boys: A practical model

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 691-699

  Pienaar, Anita E ^a   Spamer, Manie J ^a   Steyn, Hendrik S ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Development; Fitness; Motor tests; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; GIFTED CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RUGBY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; APTITUDE; CHILD; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0031763917     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404198366326     Document Type: Article

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