Performance enhancement strategies used in a professional tennis tournament

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-195

  DeFrancesco, Charmaine ^a   Burke, Kevin L ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Psychological strategies; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031120329     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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