Game location influences basketball players' performance across playing positions

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-216

  Sampaio, Jaime ^a   Ibanez, Sergio José ^b   Gomez, Miguel Angel ^c   Lorenzo, Alberto ^c   Ortega, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basketball; Home advantage; Playing position

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249084370     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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