The elusive reality of efficacy-performance cycles in basketball shooting: An analysis of players' performance under invariant conditions

International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-202

  Avugos, Simcha ^a,b   Bar Eli, Michael ^a,b   Ritov, Ilana ^c   Sher, Eran ^a,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

decision making; hot hand; self efficacy; sequential dependence; sport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878808633     PISSN: 1612197X     EISSN: 1557251X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1612197X.2013.773661     Document Type: Article

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