Effective speed and agility conditioning methodology for random intermittent dynamic type sports

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1093-1100

  Bloomfield, Jonathan ^a   Polman, Remco ^b   O'Donoghue, Peter ^c   McNaughton, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; Programmed; Random; SAQ; Small sided games

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049093758     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-20015.1     Document Type: Article

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