Relationship between off-ice testing variables and on-ice speed in women's collegiate synchronized figure skaters: Implications for training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 831-839

  Bower, Michelle E ^a   Kraemer, William J ^a   Potteiger, Jeffrey A ^b   Volek, Jeff S ^a   Hatfield, Disa A ^a   Vingren, Jakob L ^a   Spiering, Barry A ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Ho, Jen Yu ^a   Thomas, Gwendolyn A ^a   Earp, Jacob E ^a   Häkkinen, Keijo ^c   Maresh, Carl M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Athletic performance; Power; Speed; Sport science; Winter sports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950599165     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181a59a5c     Document Type: Article

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