An investigation into the relationship of flexibility,power, and strength to club head speed in male golfers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1606-1610

  Gordon, Bradley S ^a   Moir, Gavin L ^a   Davis, Shala E ^a   Witmer, Chad A ^a   Cummings, Donald M ^a  

^a EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlations; Golf swing; Performance variables

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SPORT; THORAX;

ABDOMEN; ACCELERATION; ADULT; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ROTATION; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; THORAX;

EID: 70350717093     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181a3c39d     Document Type: Article

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