Female and Male Coaches in The Eyes of Female Elite Soccer Players

European Physical Education Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-110

  Fasting, Kari ^a   Pfister, Gertrud ^b  

^a Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education   (Norway)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

coaching; cross nationally; culture; female athlete; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993723076     PISSN: 1356336X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1356336X000061001     Document Type: Article

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