Variability of competition performance in throwing and jumping events in elite athletes

Human Movement

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-13

  Hoon Woo, Byung ^a   Zatsiorsky, Vladimir M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elite athletes; Jumping; Movement variability; Performance variability; Reliability; Throwing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; THROWING;

EID: 33748694145     PISSN: 17323991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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