Coping with academy-to-first-team transitions in elite english male team sports: The coaches' perspective

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-279

  Finn, Jon ^a   McKenna, Jim ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academy to First Team Transition; Coping; Meaning Focused Coping; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957313605     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.5.2.257     Document Type: Article

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