The associations between fast bowling technique and ball release speed: A pilot study of the within-bowler and between-bowler approaches

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1279-1285

  Salter, Craig W ^a,b   Sinclair, Peter J ^a   Portus, Marc R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cricket; Fast bowling; Kinematics; Methodology; Within subject

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BOWLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; STEP WISE MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PILOT PROJECTS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547552755     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410601096822     Document Type: Article

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