The effect of equipment scaling on the skill acquisition of beginning tennis players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 723-732

  Farrow, Damian ^a   Reid, Machar ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b TENNIS AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constraints; Equipment scaling; Skill acquisition; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TENNIS;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHILD; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR SKILLS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TENNIS;

EID: 77952652333     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640411003770238     Document Type: Article

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