Strength, power, and speed qualities in english junior elite rugby league players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2414-2419

  Kirkpatrick, John ^a,b   Comfort, Paul ^b  

^a St Helens Rugby League Football Club Academy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance; Positional differences; Relationships; Sprint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; ENGLAND; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RUNNING;

EID: 84884527643     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182804a6d     Document Type: Article

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