Effect of direct supervision of a strength coach on measures of muscular strength and power in young rugby league players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 316-323

  Coutts, Aaron J ^a   Murphy, Aron J ^a   Dascombe, Ben J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Strength coaching; Strength training; Young athletes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RUNNING;

EID: 2942514349     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-12972.1     Document Type: Article

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