The effect of self-talk in learning the volleyball service skill and self-efficacy improvement

Journal of Human Sport and Exercise

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 794-805

  Zetou, Eleni ^a   Vernadakis, Nikolas ^a   Bebetsos, Evagelos ^a   Makraki, Eleftheria ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Self efficacy; Self talk; Service; Skill learning; Volleyball

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874149272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19885202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4100/jhse.2012.74.07     Document Type: Article

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