Bio-banding in Sport: Applications to Competition, Talent Identification, and Strength and Conditioning of Youth Athletes

@article{Cumming2017BiobandingIS,
  title={Bio-banding in Sport: Applications to Competition, Talent Identification, and Strength and Conditioning of Youth Athletes},
  author={Sean P. Cumming and Rhodri S. Lloyd and Jon L. Oliver and Joey C. Eisenmann and Robert M. Malina},
  journal={Strength and Conditioning Journal},
  year={2017},
  volume={39},
  pages={34-47}
}
This article was published in Strength & Conditioning Journal on 01 April 2017 available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000281 
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