A constraints-led approach to coaching association football: The role of perceptual information and the acquisition of co-ordination

Motor Learning in Practice: A Constraints-Led Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 161-172

  Dicks, Matt ^a   Chow, Jia Yi ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 80053500311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203888100     Document Type: Chapter

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