Development and validation of a video based game understanding test in youth soccer

Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-60

  Luhtanen, P ^a   Blomqvist, M ^a   Keskinen, E ^b   Brown, E ^c   Valovirta, E ^a  

^a KIHU Research Institute for Olympic Sports   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ball games; Reliability; Soccer; Tactics; Validity; Video test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; GAME; HUMAN; JUVENILE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 7244259215     PISSN: 03067297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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