Motor imagery and 'placebo-racket effects' in tennis serve performance

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 533-540

  Guillot, Aymeric ^a,b   Genevois, Cyril ^a   Desliens, Simon ^a   Saieb, Sylvie ^a   Rogowski, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Mental practice; Movement imagery; Racket sports; Training protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859631201     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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