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Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport Volume 55, 1984 - Issue 2
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Bat Dynamics of Female Fast Pitch Softball Batters

Stephen P. Messier Department of Physical Education, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, USA
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Marjorie G. Owen Department of Physical Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 19122, USA
Pages 141-145 | Accepted 19 Jul 1983, Published online: 22 Feb 2013

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