Season-to-season variations of physiological fitness within a squad of professional male soccer players

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-165

  Clark, Niall A ^a   Edwards, Andrew M ^b,c   Morton, R Hugh ^d   Butterly, Ronald J ^c  

^a Charlton Athletic FC   (United Kingdom)

^b UCOL   (New Zealand)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Anaerobic threshold; Countermovement jump; Elite athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749084046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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