Factors affecting flutter kicking speed in women who are competitive and recreational swimmers

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2130-2136

  McCullough, Amy S ^a   Kraemer, William J ^a   Volek, Jeff S ^a   Solomon Hill Jr , Glenn F ^a   Hatfield, Disa L ^a   Vingren, Jakob L ^a   Ho, Jen Yu ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Thomas, Gwendolyn A ^a   Häkkinen, Keijo ^b   Maresh, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Front crawl; Maximal power; Performance prediction; Swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449334589     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31819ab977     Document Type: Article

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