Key properties of expert movement systems in sport: An ecological dynamics perspective

Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 167-178

  Seifert, Ludovic ^a   Button, Chris ^b   Davids, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874049913     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-012-0011-z     Document Type: Review

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