Anthropometric characteristics of elite cricket fast bowlers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1587-1597

  Stuelcken, Max ^a   Pyne, David ^b   Sinclair, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cricket; Fast bowling; Proportionality; Somatotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BOWLING; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOMATOTYPE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; SPORTS;

EID: 35148821478     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701275185     Document Type: Article

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