20 years later: deliberate practice and the development of expertise in sport

International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-157

  Baker, Joseph ^a   Young, Bradley ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

expertise; practice; skill acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911364442     PISSN: 1750984X     EISSN: 17509858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1750984X.2014.896024     Document Type: Article

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