Pole length affects cross-country skiers' performance in an 80-m double poling trial performed on snow from standing start

Sports Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Hansen, Ernst Albin ^a,b   Losnegard, Thomas ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cycle length; Cycle rate; Poling frequency; Skiing; Sprint

Indexed keywords

CYCLE LENGTH; CYCLE RATE; POLING FREQUENCY; SKIING; SPRINT;

SNOW;

POLES;

EID: 77955089548     PISSN: 13697072     EISSN: 14602687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12283-010-0042-3     Document Type: Article

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