Relationship between motor variability, accuracy, and ball speed in the tennis serve

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-53

  Antúnez, Ruperto ^a   Hernández, Francisco ^b   García, Juan ^c   Vaíllo, Raúl ^b   Arroyo, Jesús ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

performance; tennis serve; variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864607974     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-012-0043-3     Document Type: Article

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