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What does keeping one's eye on the ball mean?

HUBERT RIPOLL Laboratoire de Neurosciences du Sport, I.N.S.E.P. 11, avenue du Tremblay, Paris, 75012, France
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PHILIPPE FLEURANCE Laboratoire de Psychopedagogie, I.N.S.E.P. 11, avenue du Tremblay, Paris, 75012, France
Pages 1647-1654 | Accepted 17 May 1988, Published online: 31 May 2007

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