The influence of attentional focus on the development of skill representation in a complex action

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-38

  Land, William M ^a   Frank, Cornelia ^a   Schack, Thomas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; External focus; Golf; Mental representation; Motor learning; SDA M

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886824420     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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