A comparison of mental strategies during athletic skills performance

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-549

  Peluso, Eugenio A ^a,b,c   Ross, Michael J ^a   Gfeller, Jeffrey D ^a   LaVoie, Donna J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal regulation; Attention; Mental imagery; Performance enhancement techniques; Self talk; Sport psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645988187     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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