On the presence and absence of behavioural traits in sport: An example from championship squash match-play

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 297-311

  McGarry, Tim ^a   Khan, Michael A ^a   Franks, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coordination; Dynamics; Perturbations; Sport; Squash

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COORDINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORTS MEDICINE;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RACQUET SPORTS;

EID: 0032962654     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404199366019     Document Type: Article

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