Relationships between sprinting, agility, and jump ability in female athletes

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-107

  Vescovi, Jason D ^a   McGuigan, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agility; Countermovement jump; Lacrosse; Linear sprinting; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGILITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORTS SCIENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RACQUET SPORTS; REACTION TIME; RUNNING; SOCCER; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36349011391     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701348644     Document Type: Article

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