Decision-making skills and deliberate practice in elite association football referees

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-78

  MacMahon, Clare ^a   Helsen, Werner F ^b   Starkes, Janet L ^c   Weston, Matthew ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Expert performance; Officiating; Skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGILITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; ENDURANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; READING; ROLE PLAYING; SAUNA; SIMULATION; SKILL; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; TRAINING; TRAVEL; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SOCCER; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 37849189610     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600718640     Document Type: Article

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