A comparison between land and sand-based tests for beach volleyball assessment

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 418-423

  Bishop, D ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Muscle contraction; Muscle, skeletal, physiology; Sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUMPING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAND; SURFACE PROPERTY; WOOD;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SPORTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 1242272782     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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