Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 332-339 , May 2010

Vertical jump in female and male basketball players—A review of observational and experimental studies

  • Gal Ziv

      Affiliations

    • The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Wingate Institute, Israel
    • ,
  • Ronnie Lidor

      Affiliations

    • The Zinman College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Wingate Institute, Israel
    • Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 15 September 2008 ,Revised 26 December 2008 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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PII: S1440-2440(09)00088-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.02.009

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 332-339 , May 2010

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