The NFL combine: Does it predict performance in the national football league?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1721-1727

  Kuzmits, Frank E ^a   Adams, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

NFL combine; NFL player success; Predicting professional football player success

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EVALUATION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61949286252     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318185f09d     Document Type: Article

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