How baseball players prepare to bat: Tactical knowledge as a mediator of expert performance in baseball

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 755-778

  McPherson, Sue L ^a   MacMahon, Clare ^b,c  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge structures; Memory; Problem solving; Skill; Verbal protocols

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349147084     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.30.6.755     Document Type: Article

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