Explicit rules and direction of attention in learning and performing the table tennis forehand

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-244

  Koedijker, Johan M ^a   Oudejans, Raôul R D ^a   Beek, Peter J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analogy learning; Attentional focus; Choking under pressure; Perceptual motor performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250867387     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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