The effects of rhythm training on tennis performance

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-132

  Söǧüt, Mustafa ^a   Kirazci, Sadettin ^b   Korkusuz, Feza ^b  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

forehand consistency performance; rhythm training; rhythmic competence; tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864582579     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-012-0051-3     Document Type: Article

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