Kinematic differences between front crawl sprint and distance swimmers at sprint pace

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-123

  McCabe, Carla B ^a   Psycharakis, Stelios ^b   Sanders, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance swimming; Sprint swimming; Swimming technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIP; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650297874     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.523090     Document Type: Article

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