The following articles report on applications of
behavior analysis to human performance in various sports.
All but one have appeared in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Effects of public posting, goal setting, and oral feedback
on the skills of female soccer players.
Brandilea Brobst and Phillip Ward.
(2002) 35: 247-257.
Effects of posting self-set goals on collegiate football players
skill execution during practice and games.
Phillip Ward and Michael Carnes.
(2002) 35: 1-12.
An application of the matching law to evaluate the allocation of
two- and three-point shots by college basketball players.
Timothy R. Vollmer and Jason Bourret.
(2000) 33: 137-150.
Evaluation of a coaching strategy to reduce swimming stroke errors with beginning age-group swimmers.
Sandra Koop and Garry L. Martin
(1983) 16: 447-460
The use of self-modeling to improve the swimming performance of spina bifida children.
Peter W Dowrick and Cynthia Dove
(1980) 13: 51-56.
A behavioral approach to coaching football: Improving the play execution of
the offensive backfield on a youth football team.
Judi Komaki and Fred T. Barnett.
(1977) 10: 657-664.
An analysis of a performance feedback system: The effects of timing and feedback, public posting,
and praise upon academic performance and peer interaction.
Ronald Van Houten, Sharon Hill, and Madeline Parsons.
(1975) 8: 449-457.
Contingency management of toothbrushing behavior in a summer camp for children.
Kennan A. Lattal.
(1969) 2: 195-198.
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