Challenges to cognitive bases for an especial motor skill at the regulation baseball pitching distance

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-479

  Simons, Jeffery P ^a   Wilson, Jacob M ^b   Wilson, Gabriel J ^c   Theall, Stephen ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Practice specificity; Schema theory; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

BASEBALL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350169962     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599585     Document Type: Article

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