Landing techniques in volleyball

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1469-1476

  Lobietti, Roberto ^a   Coleman, Simon ^b   Pizzichillo, Eduardo ^a   Merni, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attack; Block; Differences between the sexes; Jump serve; Landings; Volleyball

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; VOLLEYBALL;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOVEMENT; VOLLEYBALL;

EID: 78149239411     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.514278     Document Type: Article

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