A review of football fitness testing and evaluation

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 42-47

  Ebben, William P ^a,b  

^a US Olympic Education Center   (United States)

^b NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11344250498     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1073-6840(1998)020<0042:arofft>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Review

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