Competition-specific preparation and expert performance

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-107

  Eccles, David W ^a   Ward, Paul ^a   Woodman, Tim ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive processes; Constraints; Expert; Navigation; Practice; Preparation; Skill; Specificity; Sports; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549089776     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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