Gaze behaviour and shooting strategies in football penalty kicks: Implications of a 'keeper-dependent approach

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-312

  Wood, Greg ^a   Wilson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aiming; Perception Action; Quiet eye; Soccer; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957109989     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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