The relation between anthropometric and physiological variables and bat velocity of high-school baseball players before and after 12 weeks of training

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2933-2943

  Szymanski, David J ^a   Szymanski, Jessica M ^a   Schade, Ryan L ^b   Bradford, T Jason ^b   McIntyre, Joseph S ^c   DeRenne, Coop ^d   Madsen, Nels H ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat speed; Correlations; Performance variables

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 79952198361     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f0a76a     Document Type: Article

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