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Current practices in physical fitness assessment and monitoring among coaches of individual and team sports: a survey in Portugal, Spain, and Romania

XiaoYuan Wen
1
,
Rui Miguel Silva
2, 3
,
Qi Xu
4
,
Francisco Tomás González-Fernández
5
,
Ana Filipa Silva
2, 3
,
Georgian Badicu
6
,
Xiaodan Guo
4
,
Filipe Manuel Clemente
2, 3, 4

1.
ChengDu Sports Univ, Chengdu 610041, Peoples R China
2.
Research Center in Sports Performance, Recreation, Innovation and Technology (SPRINT), 4960-320 Melgaço, Portugal
3.
Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
4.
Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport, 80-336 Gdańsk, Poland
5.
Department of Physical and Sports Education, Faculty of Education and Sports Sciences, Melilla Campus, University of Granada, 52006 Melilla, Spain
6.
Department of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500068 Brasov, Romania
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4): 219-230
Online publish date: 2024/04/25
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