Improved motor-timing: Effects of synchronized metronome training on golf shot accuracy

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 648-656

  Sommer, Marius ^a   Rönnqvist, Louise ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Golf accuracy; Golf shot variability; Metronome training; Motor timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249119216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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