Combining self talk and performance feedback: Their effectiveness with adult tennis players

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-31

  Latinjak, Alexander T ^a   Torregrosa, Miguel ^a   Renom, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 79956286394     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.25.1.18     Document Type: Article

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