Physical determinants of tennis performance in competitive teenage players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1867-1872

  Girard, Olivier ^a   Millet, Gregoire P ^b  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Performance assessment; Physical testing; Tennis skill

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TENNIS;

EID: 70449336485     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b3df89     Document Type: Article

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