The force-time profile of elite front crawl swimmers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 811-819

  Formosa, Danielle P ^a   Mason, Bruce ^a   Burkett, Brendan ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Net force; Passive drag; Swimming technique

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MALE; QUEENSLAND; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957584424     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.561867     Document Type: Article

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