Thinking Rugby: Using Sport Psychology to Improve Rugby Performance

The Sport Psychologist's Handbook: A Guide for Sport-Specific Performance Enhancement

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 183-209

  Hodge, Ken ^a   Lonsdale, Chris ^a   Mckenzie, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Otago Rugby Union ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ideal performance state; Mental perspective; Mental toughness; Psychological challenges; Psychological skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889975615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713174.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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