On the temporal and behavioural consistency of pre-performance routines: An intra-individual analysis of elite basketball players' free throw shooting accuracy

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Lonsdale, Chris ^a   Tam, Jimmy T M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Duration; National Basketball Association; Pre performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; COGNITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKILL; SPORTS MEDICINE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BASKETBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 37349047938     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701473962     Document Type: Article

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