Comparison of three baseball-specific 6-week training programs on throwing velocity in high school baseball players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1767-1781

  Escamilla, Rafael F ^a   Yamashiro, Kyle ^f   Ionno, Michele ^b   Mikla, Tony ^f   Demahy, M Scott ^c   Paulos, Lonnie ^g   Fleisig, Glenn S ^d   Andrews, James R ^c,d   Wilk, Kevin E ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Andrews Institute   (United States)

^d AMERICAN SPORTS MEDICINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Champion Sports Medicine   (United States)

^f Results Physical Therapy and Training Center   (United States)

^g Paulos Sports Injury and Joint Preservation Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Little league; Resistance training; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLYOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PLYOMETRIC EXERCISE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84863640383     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182578301     Document Type: Article

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