Describing and understanding pacing strategies during athletic competition

Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-252

  Abbiss, Chris R ^a   Laursen, Paul B ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Sports; Training

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; PACING STRATEGY; REVIEW; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 39349083164     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200838030-00004     Document Type: Review

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