Effects of baseball weighted implement training: A brief review

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 30-37

  DeRenne, Coop ^a   Szymanski, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodization; Specificity of training; Weighted implement training

Indexed keywords

EID: 68249155003     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e31819d3396     Document Type: Article

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