Effect of plyometric training on swimming block start performance in adolescents

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2137-2143

  Bishop, Daniel C ^a   Smith, Russell J ^a   Smith, Mark F ^a   Rigby, Hannah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Overload; Power production; Swim time

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449336506     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b866d0     Document Type: Article

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