Development of body composition, hormone profile, physical fitness, general perceptual motor skills, soccer skills and on-the-ball performance in soccerspecific laboratory test among adolescent soccer players

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 547-556

  Vänttinen, Tomi ^a   Blomqvist, Minna ^a   Häkkinen, Keijo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Football; Growth; Perception; Puberty; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649795168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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