The National Football League combine: A reliable predictor of draft status?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-11

  McGee, Kimberly Jeanne ^a   Burkett, Lee N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Skill; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY;

BODY WEIGHT; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037293253     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2003)017<0006:TNFLCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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