Psychological skills usage and the competitive anxiety response as a function of skill level in rugby union

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-423

  Neil, Richard ^a   Mellalieu, Stephen D ^a   Hanton, Sheldon ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Psychological skills; Skill level

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748470705     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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