Promoting a skills-based agenda in olympic sports: The role of skill-acquisition specialists

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1381-1392

  Williams, A Mark ^a   Ford, Paul R ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Instruction; Interventions; Motor behaviour; Practice; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEACHING;

EID: 74949107489     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410902874737     Document Type: Article

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