Skill acquisition and the theory of deliberate practice: It ain't what you do it's the way that you do it!

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 461-466

  Davids, Keith ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Practice; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034288929     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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