Perceptual and decision-making skills of Australian football umpires

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-437

  Larkin, Paul ^a   Berry, Jason ^b   Dawson, Brian ^a   Lay, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Football League (AFL); Infringement identification; Pattern recall; Play prediction; Sport expertise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876376884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14748185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2011.11868562     Document Type: Article

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