Attentional focus in complex skill learning

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-239

  Wulf, Gabriele ^a   McNevin, Nancy H ^b   Fuchs, Thomas ^c   Ritter, Florian ^c   Toole, Tonya ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Golf; Instructions; Motor learning; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENNIS;

EID: 0034266136     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2000.10608903     Document Type: Article

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