Effect of various warm-up devices on bat velocity of intercollegiate baseball players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-292

  Szymanski, David J ^a   Beiser, Erik J ^a   Bassett, Kylie E ^a   Till, Megan E ^a   Medlin, Greg L ^a   Beam, Jason R ^b   DeRenne, Coop ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Bat speed; On deck circle; Power; Strength

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ACCELERATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953906320     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318202e31e     Document Type: Article

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