A field test of the influence of pre-game imagery on basketball free throw shooting

Journal of Imagery Research in Sport and Physical Activity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-15

  Post, Phillip G ^a   Wrisberg, Craig A ^a   Mullins, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Basketball; Coaching; High school sport; Imagery; Mental training; Youth athletes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649097268     PISSN: 19320191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1932-0191.1042     Document Type: Article

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