Effects of focus of attention depend on golfers' skill

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 593-600

  Perkins Ceccato, Natalie ^a   Passmore, Steve R ^a   Lee, Timothy D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus of attention; Golf; Motor performance; Skill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

ATTENTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037961016     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0264041031000101980     Document Type: Article

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