Positional characteristics of physical performance in Division I college female soccer players

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-226

  Vescovi, J D ^a,b   Brown, T D ^b   Murray, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Essential Element LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Power; Specificity; Speed; Sports performance; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGILITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPRING; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOCCER;

EID: 33746791158     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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