The marvels of elite sports: How to get there?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 683-684

  Elferink Gemser, Marije T ^a,b   Jordet, Geir ^c   Coelho E Silva, Manuel J ^d   Visscher, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDARD;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79959479430     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090254     Document Type: Review

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