Does floatation influence breaststroke technique?

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-158

  Leblanc, Hugues ^a   Seifert, Ludovic ^a   Chollet, Didier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Breaststroke; Buoyancy; Coordination; Floatation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HYDRAULICS;

BREASTSTROKE; COORDINATION; FIELD TEST; FLOATATION; GLIDING PHASE; PUSH OFFS;

VELOCITY;

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BREASTSTROKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOATATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 77952014777     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.26.2.150     Document Type: Article

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