Anthropometric and performance comparisons in professional baseball players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2173-2178

  Hoffman, Jay R ^a   Vazquez, Jose ^b   Pichardo, Napoleon ^b   Tenenbaum, Gershon ^c  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Texas Rangers Baseball Club   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Assessment; Fitness; Power; Speed; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEXAS;

EID: 70449361960     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181bcd5fe     Document Type: Article

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