Performance changes following training in junior rugby league players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 910-917

  Gabbett, Tim J ^a   Johns, James ^b   Riemann, Matt ^c  

^a Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Club   (Australia)

^b Easts Tigers Rugby League Football Club   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Fitness; Football; Maturation; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48849094996     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31816a5fa5     Document Type: Article

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