Training history, deliberate practice and elite sports performance: An analysis in response to Tucker and Collins review-what makes champions?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 533-535

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAINING;

TRAINING;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84877701356     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2012-091767     Document Type: Review

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