The effects of resisted sprint training on acceleration performance and kinematics in soccer, rugby union, and Australian football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-85

  Spinks, Christopher D ^a   Murphy, Aron J ^b   Spinks, Warwick L ^c   Lockie, Robert G ^b  

^a New South Wales Institute of Sport   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Strength; Stride frequency; Stride length; Towing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947681689     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-200702000-00015     Document Type: Article

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