Development of anthropometric and physical performance profiles of young elite male soccer players: Alongitudinal study

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2677-2682

  Mirkov, Dragan M ^a   Kukolj, Milos ^a   Ugarkovic, Dusan ^a   Koprivica, Vladimir J ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Boys; Flexibility; Power; Selection; Test

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHILD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; CHILD; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLIABILITY; SOCCER;

EID: 79952201885     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181e27245     Document Type: Article

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