Acquisition and performance of sports skills /
By: McMorris, Terry.
Series: Wiley SportTexts series: Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley & Sons, c2004Description: xvi, 300 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0470849940 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780470849941:; 9780470849941 (cloth : alk. paper); 0470849959 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780470849958 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Sports sciences | Sports -- Psychological aspects | Athletic abilityDDC classification: 796.01Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 796.01 MCM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0075939 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-292) and index.
Skills, ability and performance -- Perception --Decision making -- Reaction Time -- Anticipation -- Memory -- Motor control -- Learning -- Practice -- Arousal and performance.
Terry McMorris provides students with the theoretical and practical background that is necessary for an understanding of the basics of skill acquisition and the nature of sports performance.