Effects of age and soccer expertise on general tests of perceptual and motor performance among adolescent soccer players

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 675-692

  Vanttinen T ^a   Blomqvist, M ^a   Luhtanen, P ^a   Hakkinen K ^b  

^a Research Institute for Olympic Sports   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AWARENESS; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPORT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AWARENESS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCCER; TESTOSTERONE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77956222850     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.110.3.675-692     Document Type: Article

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