Effects of an imagery training program on selective attention of national softball players

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 272-296

  Calmels, Claire ^a,c   Berthoumieux, Christelle ^a,c   D'Arripe Longueville, Fabienne ^b  

^a Inst Natl Sport de l'Educ Phys   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c National Institute of Sport and Physical Education   (France)

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EID: 4744339301     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.18.3.272     Document Type: Article

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