Acute effects of various weighted bat warm-up protocols on bat velocity

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2114-2118

  Reyes, G Francis ^a   Dolny, Dennis ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Bat velocity; Power; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449344698     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b3dd32     Document Type: Article

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