External focus of attention enhances discus throwing performance

Kinesiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Zarghami, Mehdi ^a   Saemi, Esmaeel ^a   Fathi, Islam ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Constrained action hypothesis; External attentional focus; Internal attentional focus; Motor performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865220593     PISSN: 13311441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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