Determining sport expertise: From genes to supremes

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 117-150

  Singer, Robert N ^a   Janelle, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Expertise; Genetics; Practice; Predicting success

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033114541     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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