Mental preparation strategies of elite modern pentathletes

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-254

  Bertollo, Maurizio ^a   Saltarelli, Beatrice ^b   Robazza, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Universita Pontificia Salesiana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coping responses; Idiosyncratic strategies; Mental practice; Pentathlon

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149457599     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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