Identification of dropout reasons in young competitive swimmers

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 530-534

  Salguero, A ^a   Gonzalez Boto, R ^a   Tuero, C ^a   Marquez, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dropouts; Questionnaires; Sex; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE; BURNOUT; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 1242340317     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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