Cricket: The effect of a flexed elbow on bowling speed in Cricket

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Marshall, Robert ^a   Ferdinands, René ^b  

^a EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bowling; Cricket; Elbow flexion; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008843412     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140308522808     Document Type: Article

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