The impact of informal coach training on the personal development of Youth sport athletes

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-372

  MacDonald, Dany ^a   Côté, Jean ^b   Deakin, Janice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coach Education; Life Skills; Motivational Climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958535957     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.5.3.363     Document Type: Article

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