The effect of sprint training on running performance and vertical jumping in pre-adolescent boys

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-240

  Kotzamanidis, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Running sprint; Squat jump

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEIGHT; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PUBERTY; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037224833     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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