Swimming: Variations of stroking parameters associated with 200 m competitive performance improvement in top‐standard front crawl swimmers

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-100

  Huot‐Marchand, François ^a   Nesi, Xavier ^a   Sidney, Michel ^a   Alberty, Morgan ^a   Pelayo, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Performance; Stroking parameters; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 19644371622     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140508522854     Document Type: Article

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