Movement for tennis: The importance of lateral training

Strength and Conditioning Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 77-85

  Kovacs, Mark S ^a  

^a United States Tennis Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Change of direction; Lateral; Movement; Quickness; Speed; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749126582     PISSN: 15241602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/SSC.0b013e3181afe806     Document Type: Article

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