The effect of assisted jumping on vertical jump height in high-performance volleyball players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-89

  Sheppard, Jeremy M ^a,b,c   Dingley, Andrew A ^d   Janssen, Ina ^d   Spratford, Wayne ^d   Chapman, Dale W ^c,d   Newton, Robert U ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b Australian Volleyball Federation   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Block jump; Plyometrics; Spike jump

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; JUMPING; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLYOMETRICS; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VOLLEYBALL;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; VOLLEYBALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650416663     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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