Self-talk in wheelchair basketball: He effects of an intervention program on dribbling and passing performance

International Journal of Special Education

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Harbalis, Thomas ^a   Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis ^a   Theodorakis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

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