Effects of specific versus variable practice on the retention and transfer of a continuous motor skill

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 100, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 1107-1113

  Heitman, Robert J ^a   Pugh, Steven F ^a   Kovaleski, John E ^a   Norell, Phillip M ^a   Vicory, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 24944471738     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.100.3c.1107-1113     Document Type: Article

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