Contributing factors for increased bat swing velocity

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1338-1352

  Szymanski, David J ^a   Derenne, Coop ^b   Spaniol, Frank J ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Bat speed; Overweighted training; Resistance training; Underweighted training

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARM; BASEBALL; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW;

ACCELERATION; ARM; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 67949114315     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318194e09c     Document Type: Review

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