Do generalized visual training programmes for sport really work? An experimental investigation

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-222

  Abernethy, Bruce ^a,b   Wood, Joanne M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Perception; Racquet sports; Training; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SELF HELP; SPORT; TENNIS; TRAINING; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TENNIS; VISION; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0035127630     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404101750095376     Document Type: Article

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