Control of striking velocity by table tennis players

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 99, Issue 3 I, 2004, Pages 1027-1034

  Marinovic, Welber ^a,c   Iizuka, Cristina Akiko ^b   Freudenheim, Andrea Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 12944268791     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.99.3.1027-1034     Document Type: Article

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