Number of players who gain ball possession as a function of basketball mass among 9-11-year-old male players

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 557-562

  Arias, José L ^a   Argudo, Francisco M ^a   Alonso, José I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; CHILD; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 80855150876     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.25.PMS.113.5.557-562     Document Type: Article

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