Attack efficacy in volleyball:Elite male teams

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-408

  Castro, José ^a   Souza, Adriano ^b   Mesquita, Isabel ^c  

^a CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; VOLLEYBALL;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; VOLLEYBALL;

EID: 80855164530     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.25.PMS.113.5.395-408     Document Type: Article

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