Anthropometric characteristics and technical skills of 12 and 14 year old basketball players

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-110

  Karalejic, M ^a   Jakovljevic, S ^a   Macura, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Basketball; Motor skills

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SERBIA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; SERBIA;

EID: 79955085647     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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