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Physical demands of international pre-matches and their relationship with the official match statistics among adolescent basketball players

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|Jun 2025

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Language: English
Page range: 229 - 238
Submitted on: Jul 28, 2024
Accepted on: May 12, 2025
Published on: Jun 25, 2025
Published by: University of Physical Education in Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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