Anthropometric, Physiological and Selection Characteristics in High Performance UK Junior Rugby League Players

Talent Development and Excellence

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-207

  Till, Kevin ^a   Cobley, Steve ^a   O'Hara, John ^a   Chapman, Chris ^b   Cooke, Carlton ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Red Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maturation; Performance; Relative age effects; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955096190     PISSN: 18690459     EISSN: 18692885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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