Flow and performance: A study among talented Dutch soccer players

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-450

  Bakker, Arnold B ^a   Oerlemans, Wido ^a   Demerouti, Evangelia ^b   Slot, Bart Bruins ^c   Ali, Donovan Karamat ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Flow; Performance; Performance feedback; Soccer; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957607674     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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