In May 2016, Bill Price presented a paper at the SUKMA International Sports Science and 2nd Malaysian Sports Psychology Conference in Kuching, Sarawak. His paper was titled Where do athletes come from? Synthesizing experience and research in sport and athlete development.
A PDF version of this paper is now available. Click to download: Where do athletes come from? on the USSA Malaysia website.
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