Knowing what to do and doing it: Differences in self-assessed tactical skills of regional, sub-elite, and elite youth field hockey players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-528

  Elferink Gemser, Marije T ^a   Kannekens, Rianne ^a   Lyons, Jim ^b   Tromp, Yvonne ^a   Visscher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Performance level; Positioning and deciding; Questionnaire; Sports; Talent development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOCKEY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951213129     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903582743     Document Type: Article

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