Can the official soccer game be considered the most important contribution to player's physical fitness level?

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-380

  Sporis, G ^a   Jovanovic, M ^a   Omrcen, D ^a   Matkovic, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Fitness; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82955181192     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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