"An eye for talent": Talent identification and the "practical sense" of top-level soccer coaches

Sociology of Sport Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-382

  Christensen, Mette Krogh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 70349462449     PISSN: 07411235     EISSN: 15432785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ssj.26.3.365     Document Type: Article

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