Youth ice hockey coaches' perceptions of a team-building intervention program

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-72

  Newin, Julie ^a   Bloom, Gordon A ^a   Loughead, Todd M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 53349099936     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.22.1.54     Document Type: Article

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