Competitiveness in elite professional athletes

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 84, Issue 3 PART II, 1997, Pages 1447-1454

  Houston, John M ^a   Carter, David ^b   Smither, Robert D ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037849374     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.84.3c.1447     Document Type: Article

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