Three days of static stretching within a warm-up does not affect repeated-sprint ability in youth soccer players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 838-845

  Wong, Pui Lam ^a   Lau, Patrick W C ^a   Mao, De Wei ^b   Wu, Yao Yu ^b   Behm, David G ^c   Wisløff, Ulrik ^d  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b Shandong Sport University   (China)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Football; Intermittent; Interval; Multiple sprint; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SPORT; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RUNNING; SOCCER;

EID: 79953861722     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181cc2266     Document Type: Article

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