How elite coaches' experiential knowledge might enhance empirical research on sport performance

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 411-422

  Greenwood, Daniel ^a,b   Davids, Keith ^a   Renshaw, Ian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elite Sports Coaches; Experiential Knowledge; Nonlinear Pedagogy; Perception Action Coupling; Run Up Task; Sport Science Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864764018     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.7.2.411     Document Type: Article

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