The effect of an ecological imagery program on soccer performance of elite players

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-89

  Seif Barghi, Tohid ^a,b   Kordi, Ramin ^a,b   Memari, Amir Hossein ^a   Mansournia, Mohammad Ali ^a   Jalali Ghomi, Majid ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecological approach; Imagery training; Soccer performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876511554     PISSN: 2008000X     EISSN: 20087209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/asjsm.34703     Document Type: Article

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