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Morrow, James R., Jr.; And Others – Research Quarterly, 1979
In evaluating performance of women's volleyball teams it was found that the quality of physical size as represented by body composition and strength was more important than the combination of height and lean weight. (JD)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Muscular Strength, Performance Factors, Volleyball
Hosler, W. W.; And Others – Research Quarterly, 1978
This report provides norms on speed, strength, and anthropometric variables of college women volleyball players. (MM)
Descriptors: Athletes, Body Weight, College Students, Females
Burke, Edmund J.; Brush, Florence C. – Research Quarterly, 1979
This study describes the endurance capacities and anthropometric characteristics of highly-trained, female, teenaged, distance runners. (MM)
Descriptors: Athletes, Body Height, Body Weight, Females
Pipes, Thomas V. – Research Quarterly, 1977
While there would seem to be a predisposition of body type that would influence the individual's ability to perform in an event, it may also be that the training procedures for those specific events are common to both men and women athletes.
Descriptors: Athletes, Body Weight, Human Body, Males