Gaze behaviour during the soccer penalty kick: An investigation of the effects of strategy and anxiety

International Journal of Sport Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 326-345

  Noël, Benjamin ^a   Van Der Kamp, John ^b,c  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Attentions control theory; Far aiming; Movement control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870449365     PISSN: 00470767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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