The effect of removing superstitious behavior and introducing a pre-performance routine on basketball free-throw performance

Journal of Applied Sport Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Foster, David J ^a   Weigand, Daniel A ^a,c   Baines, Dean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Achieve Acumen Inc   (United States)

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EID: 33750083648     PISSN: 10413200     EISSN: 15331571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10413200500471343     Document Type: Article

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