Stretching has no effect on tennis serve performance

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 654-656

  Knudson, Duane V ^a   Noffal, Guillermo J ^b   Bahamonde, Rafael E ^c   Bauer, Jeff A ^d   Blackwell, John R ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Flexibility; Service percentage; Speed; Static stretch

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SAMPLE; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TENNIS; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PLIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENNIS;

EID: 4444293568     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/13553.1     Document Type: Article

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