Intra-cycle velocity variations, swimming economy, performance, and training in swimming

World Book of Swimming: From Science to Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 119-134

  Vilas Boas, João Paulo ^a   Fernandes, Ricardo J ^a   Barbosa, Tiago M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyclic technical advice; Energy cost; Performance and training evaluation; Speed fluctuations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892266612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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