Pre-performance routines in sport: Current understanding and future directions

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-153

  Cotterill, Stewart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance; Pre performance routines; Preparation; Strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149451410     PISSN: 1750984X     EISSN: 17509858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1750984X.2010.488269     Document Type: Article

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