Are anthropometric, flexibility, muscular strength, and endurance variables related to clubhead velocity in low-and high- handicap golfers?

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1841-1850

  Keogh, Justin W L ^a   Marnewick, Michel C ^a   Maulder, Peter S ^a   Nortje, Jacques P ^a   Hume, Patria A ^a   Bradshaw, Elizabeth J ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Golf; Range of motion; Resistance training; Specificity; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449339931     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b73cb3     Document Type: Article

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