Early sport involvement in young Portuguese basketball players

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-680

  Leite, Nuno ^a   Sampaio, Jaime ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PORTUGAL; SPORTS;

EID: 79952529031     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.10.PMS.111.6.669-680     Document Type: Article

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