Baseball: Accuracy of qualitative analysis for assessment of skilled baseball pitching technique

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-226

  Nicholls, Rochelle ^a   Elliott, Bruce ^a   Fleisig, Glenn ^b   Lyman, Stephen ^c   Osinski, Edmund ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d American Baseball Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Injury; Performance coaching; Technical analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 2142701135     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140308522819     Document Type: Article

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