Effect of warm-up with different weighted bats on normal baseball bat velocity

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1566-1569

  Montoya, Brian S ^a   Brown, Lee E ^a   Coburn, Jared W ^a   Zinder, Steven M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hitting; Specificity; Speed

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350731791     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181a3929e     Document Type: Article

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