Characteristics of performance in skeleton World Cup races

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 367-372

  Bullock, Nicola ^a,c   Hopkins, Will G ^b   Martin, David T ^a   Marino, Frank E ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elite athlete; Home advantage; Mixed modelling; Winter Olympic sport

Indexed keywords

ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SNOW SPORTS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 61349143687     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802613425     Document Type: Article

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