Effect of eight weeks of upper-body plyometric training during the competitive season on professional female volleyball players.
CONCLUSIONS: Data showed the plyometric exercises that were tested could be used by performance-level volleyball teams to improve spike speed. The experimental group increased their upper-body maximal strength, their power application, and spike speed.
PMID: 28745472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physica Medica - Category: Physics Authors: Valades D, Palao JM, Femia P, UreƱa A Tags: J Sports Med Phys Fitness Source Type: research
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