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Effects of an 8-week pre-season targeted training on sprinting performance, agility and lower limb muscular asymmetries in elite soccer players

Artur Gołaś
1
,
Przemysław Pietraszewski
1
,
Robert Roczniok
1
,
Artur Terbalyan
1
,
Adam Maszczyk
1
,
Rafał Opaliński
2
,
Adam Zając
1

1.
Institute of Sport Sciences, The Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland
2.
InnoGIO, Warszawa, Poland
Biol Sport. 2024;41(4):69–76
Online publish date: 2024/03/06
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