Olympic medallists' perspective of the althlete-coach relationship

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 313-331

  Jowett, S ^a   Cockerill, I M ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athlete coach relationship; Closeness; Co orientation; Complementarity; Olympic level athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142184312     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1469-0292(02)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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