General anthropometric and specific physical fitness profile of high-level junior water polo players

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Kondrič, Miran ^a,b,c   Uljević, Ognjen ^d   Gabrilo, Goran ^d   Kontić, Dean ^d   Sekulić, Damir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK   (Croatia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

morphology; reliability; sport specific test; water sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862011315     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-012-0032-6     Document Type: Article

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