Skill acquisition in tennis: Equipping learners for success

Motor Learning in Practice: A Constraints-Led Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 231-240

  Farrow, Damian ^a   Reid, Machar ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b TENNIS AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84878762779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203888100     Document Type: Chapter

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