Skill Learning from an Expertise Perspective: Issues and Implications for Practice and Coaching in Cricket

The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 245-261

  Müller, Sean ^a   Abernethy, Bruce ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Critical skills; Evidence based approach; Expert novice differences; Key factors; Perennial interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750920630     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713174.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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