Relationship between pre-season anthropometric and fitness measures and indicators of playing performance in elite junior Australian Rules football

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Young, Warren B ^a   Pryor, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometrics; Australian football; Fitness; Juniors; Performance

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 33847020412     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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