The effects of a 6-week plyometric training program on agility

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 459-465

  Miller, Michael G ^a   Herniman, Jeremy J ^a   Ricard, Mark D ^b   Cheatham, Christopher C ^a   Michael, Timothy J ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Jumping; Performance variables; Quickness; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748474954     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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