Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Konstantinos Gkoudas, José Afonso, Vicente J Clemente-Suarez, Beat Knechtle, Stavros Kasabalis, Athanasios Kasabalis, Helen Douda, Savvas Tokmakidis, Gema Torres-Luque
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship of vertical jump (Abalakov jump [AJ]) with anthropometric and physiological parameters in youth elite female volleyball players. METHODS: Seventy-two selected volleyball players from the region of Athens (age 13.3±0.7 years, body mass 62.0±7.2 kg, height 171.5±5.7 cm, body fat 21.2±4.5%), classified into quartiles according to AJ performance (group A, 21.4-26.5 cm; group B, 26.8-29.9 cm; group C, 30...
June 2017: Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness