What squirrels in the trees predicts about expert athletes

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-234

  Thomas, Katherine Thomas ^a   Thomas, Jerry R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert athletes; Skill acquisition; Sport expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033114543     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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