High school athletes’ perspectives on support, communication, negotiation and life skill development

Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-88

  Camiré, Martin ^a   Trudel, Pierre ^a   Forneris, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coach; Parent; Programme; Sport; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909131560     PISSN: 19398441     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19398440802673275     Document Type: Article

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