The use of contact time and the reactive strength index to optimize fast stretch-shortening cycle training

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Flanagan, Eamonn P ^a   Comyns, Thomas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b IRISH RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ground contact time; Jumping; Plyometrics; Reactive strength index; Stretch shortening cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649904963     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e318187e25b     Document Type: Article

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