Author(s): Morais, J.E. ; Garrido, Nuno D. ; Lopes, Vitor P. ; Marinho, D.A. ; Silva, A.J. ; Barbosa, Tiago M.
Date: 2012
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/17866
Origin: Biblioteca Digital da UPB
Subject(s): Young swimmer
Author(s): Morais, J.E. ; Garrido, Nuno D. ; Lopes, Vitor P. ; Marinho, D.A. ; Silva, A.J. ; Barbosa, Tiago M.
Date: 2012
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/17866
Origin: Biblioteca Digital da UPB
Subject(s): Young swimmer
One of the main goals of swimming research is to identify the scientific domains and/or variables that predict swimming performance in children (i.e., young athletes) in the perspective of detecting future talents (1). Nevertheless, research in young athletes should be less invasive, expensive and timeconsuming than in adult/elite counterparts (2). In this sense, several authors (2-4) on regular basis estimate and/or measure variables in different scientific domains (i.e., anthropometric, hydrodynamic, kinematical and energetic) that are easy to collect and might predict performance and/or detect talented swimmers.