Technique analysis in sports: A critical review

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 813-828

  Lees, Adrian ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Predictive; Qualitative; Quantitative; Technique analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; FORCE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; KINESIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SKILL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036785133     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404102320675657     Document Type: Review

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