The psychological and performance demands of association football refereeing

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 99-120

  Mascarenhas, Duncan ^a   O'Hare, David ^b   Plessner, Henning ^c  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision making; Judgment; Referees; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250030025     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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