Increasing functional variability in the preparatory phase of the takeoff improves elite springboard diving performance

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-106

  Barris, Sian ^a,b   Farrow, Damian ^b,c   Davids, Keith ^a,d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive movement pattern; Neurobiological degeneracy; Practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; DIVING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896989309     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2013.872220     Document Type: Article

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