Quantifying the gap between Under 18 and senior AFL Football: 2003 and 2009

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Burgess, Darren ^a,b   Naughton, Geraldine ^a   Norton, Kevin ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Motion analysis; Sports physiology; Talent development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859448813     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.7.1.53     Document Type: Article

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