Challenges and game-related solutions to metabolic conditioning for team sports

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 60-65

  Gamble, Paul ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditioning games; Metabolic conditioning; Tactical metabolic training; Team sports; Training specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548066880     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00126548-200708000-00010     Document Type: Article

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