Expert performance in sport and the dynamics of talent development

Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-283

  Phillips, Elissa ^a,b,c   Davids, Keith ^b   Renshaw, Ian ^b   Portus, Marc ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Cricket Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fitness programmes; Sports

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77950514031     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11319430-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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