Expert baseball batters have greater sensitivity in making swing decisions

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Gray, Rob ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expertise; Motor control; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BASEBALL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; BASEBALL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956987749     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2010.10599685     Document Type: Article

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