Practice and Play in the Development of Sport Expertise

Handbook of Sport Psychology: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 184-202

  Côté, Jean ^a   Baker, Joseph ^b   Abernethy, Bruce ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Informal learning opportunities; Practice; Skill development; Sport expertise; Training questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886205073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118270011.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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