Women's water polo world championships: Technical and tactical aspects of winning and losing teams in close and unbalanced games

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 210-222

  Lupo, Corrado ^a,b   Condello, Giancarlo ^a   Capranica, Laura ^b   Tessitore, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Margin of victory; Notational analysis; Playing situation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ROLE PLAYING; SPORT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ROLE; SPORTS; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84892970177     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182955d90     Document Type: Article

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