Do pattern recognition skills transfer across sports? A preliminary analysis

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 205-213

  Smeeton, Nicholas J ^a   Ward, Paul ^b   Williams, A Mark ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expertise; Perception; Similarity; Team sports

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PLAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKILL; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SOCCER; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0842330514     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410310001641494     Document Type: Article

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