Examination of visual information as a mediator of external focus benefits

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-259

  Land, William M ^a   Tenenbaum, Gershon ^b   Ward, Paul ^c   Marquardt, Christian ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d Science and Motion GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Common coding; Constraints led perspective; Golf; Movement variability; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881512598     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.35.3.250     Document Type: Article

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