Anthropometric and fitness characteristics of elite australian female water polo players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1530-1536

  Tan, Frankie H Y ^a,b,c   Polglaze, Ted ^b   Dawson, Brian ^a   Cox, Gregory ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Institute of Sport   (Australia)

^c Singapore Sports Council   (Singapore)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Field tests; In water vertical jump; Multistage shuttle swim test; Performance; Reliability; Sprint swim

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING;

AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350734708     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181a39261     Document Type: Article

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