Structural Organization of Practice: Effects of Practicing Under Different Informational Constraints on the Acquisition of One-Handed Catching Skill

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-9

  Bennett, Simon ^a   Davids, Keith ^a   Woodcock, James ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catching; Informational constraints; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SKILL;

EID: 0033063928     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222899909601887     Document Type: Article

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