The acute effects of heavy and light resistances on the flight time of a basketball push-pass during upper body complex training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1988-1995

  Matthews, Martyn ^a   O'Conchuir, Cian ^a   Comfort, Paul ^a  

^a University of Saford   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance; Postactivation potentiation; Power; Upper body

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449368704     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181b3e076     Document Type: Article

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