Effect of the number of ball contacts within bouts of 4 vs. 4 small-sided soccer games

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-333

  Dellal, Alexandre ^a,b   Logo Penas, Carlos ^c   Wong, Del P ^d   Chamari, Karim ^b  

^a Olympique Lyonnais FC (Soccer)   (France)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS CNMSS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elite soccer players; Physical fitness training; Physiological responses; Technical actions; Timemotion characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052712281     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.6.3.322     Document Type: Article

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