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Filling an important gap in performance analysis literature, this
book introduces the key concepts and practical applications of
performance analysis for team sports. It draws on cutting-edge
research to examine individual and collective behaviours across an
array of international team sports. Evidencing the close
relationship between coaching and performance analysis, it promotes
a better understanding of the crucial role of performance analysis
in team sports for achieving successful results. This book not only
presents a variety of different ways to analyse performance in team
sports, but also demonstrates how scientific data can be used to
enrich performance analysis. Part one delineates the main
guidelines for research in performance analysis, discussing the
characteristics of team sports, coaching processes, variables
characterizing performance and methods for team member interaction
analysis. Part two drills down into performance analysis across a
range of team sports including soccer, basketball, handball, ice
hockey, volleyball and rugby. Performance Analysis in Team Sports
is an essential companion for any course or research project on
sports performance analysis or sports coaching, and an invaluable
reference for professional analysts.
To understand the dynamic patterns of behaviours and interactions
between athletes that characterize successful performance in
different sports is an important challenge for all sport
practitioners. This book guides the reader in understanding how an
ecological dynamics framework for use of artificial intelligence
(AI) can be implemented to interpret sport performance and the
design of practice contexts. By examining how AI methodologies are
utilized in team games, such as football, as well as in individual
sports, such as golf and climbing, this book provides a better
understanding of the kinematic and physiological indicators that
might better capture athletic performance by looking at the current
state-of-the-art AI approaches. Artificial Intelligence in Sport
Performance Analysis provides an all-encompassing perspective in an
innovative approach that signals practical applications for both
academics and practitioners in the fields of coaching, sports
analysis, and sport science, as well as related subjects such as
engineering, computer and data science, and statistics.
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Complex Systems in Sport (Paperback)
Keith Davids, Robert Hristovski, Duarte Araujo, Natalia Balague Serre, Chris Button, …
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R1,376
Discovery Miles 13 760
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Complex systems in nature are those with many interacting parts,
all capable of influencing global system outcomes. There is a
growing body of research that has modeled sport performance from a
complexity sciences perspective, studying the behavior of
individual athletes and sports teams as emergent phenomena which
self-organise under interacting constraints. This book is the first
to bring together experts studying complex systems in the context
of sport from across the world to collate core theoretical ideas,
current methodologies and existing data into one comprehensive
resource. It offers new methods of analysis for investigating
representative complex sport movements and actions at an individual
and team level, exploring the application of methodologies from the
complexity sciences in the context of sports performance and the
organization of sport practice. Complex Systems in Sport is
important reading for any advanced student or researcher working in
sport and exercise science, sports coaching, kinesiology or human
movement.
To understand the dynamic patterns of behaviours and interactions
between athletes that characterize successful performance in
different sports is an important challenge for all sport
practitioners. This book guides the reader in understanding how an
ecological dynamics framework for use of artificial intelligence
(AI) can be implemented to interpret sport performance and the
design of practice contexts. By examining how AI methodologies are
utilized in team games, such as football, as well as in individual
sports, such as golf and climbing, this book provides a better
understanding of the kinematic and physiological indicators that
might better capture athletic performance by looking at the current
state-of-the-art AI approaches. Artificial Intelligence in Sport
Performance Analysis provides an all-encompassing perspective in an
innovative approach that signals practical applications for both
academics and practitioners in the fields of coaching, sports
analysis, and sport science, as well as related subjects such as
engineering, computer and data science, and statistics.
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Complex Systems in Sport (Hardcover)
Keith Davids, Robert Hristovski, Duarte Araujo, Natalia Balague Serre, Chris Button, …
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R4,578
Discovery Miles 45 780
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Complex systems in nature are those with many interacting parts,
all capable of influencing global system outcomes. There is a
growing body of research that has modeled sport performance from a
complexity sciences perspective, studying the behavior of
individual athletes and sports teams as emergent phenomena which
self-organise under interacting constraints. This book is the first
to bring together experts studying complex systems in the context
of sport from across the world to collate core theoretical ideas,
current methodologies and existing data into one comprehensive
resource. It offers new methods of analysis for investigating
representative complex sport movements and actions at an individual
and team level, exploring the application of methodologies from the
complexity sciences in the context of sports performance and the
organization of sport practice. Complex Systems in Sport is
important reading for any advanced student or researcher working in
sport and exercise science, sports coaching, kinesiology or human
movement.
Science and Football V presents the edited papers from the Fifth
World Congress on Science and Football that took place in Portugal
in April 2003. The collection represents the latest scientific
research into the variety of sports known as football such as
association football; rugby codes (Union and League); national
codes (American, Australian and Gaelic). A recurring theme for this
series of conferences has been a commitment to bridge the gaps
between theory and practice in the service of the promotion of high
quality applied football science. The book is clearly structured
into nine parts and focuses on the following key issues:
introductory keynote address biomechanics and mechanics fitness
test profiling of footballers performance and match analysis
football medicine football training paediatric exercise science
physiology and nutrition behavioural and social sciences. This
collection provides valuable information for coaches, players,
trainers, managers, medical and support staff, and scientific
workers concerned with the range of football codes.
"Science and Football V" presents the edited papers from the Fifth
World Congress on Science and Football that took place in Portugal
in April 2003. The collection represents the latest scientific
research into the variety of sports known as football such as
association football; rugby codes (Union and League); national
codes (American, Australian and Gaelic). A recurring theme for this
series of conferences has been a commitment to bridge the gaps
between theory and practice in the service of the promotion of high
quality applied football science. The book is clearly structured
into nine parts and focuses on the following key issues: -
introductory keynote address - biomechanics and mechanics - fitness
test profiling of footballers - performance and match analysis -
football medicine - football training - paediatric exercise science
- physiology and nutrition - behavioural and social sciences. This
collection provides valuable information for coaches, players,
trainers, managers, medical and support staff, and scientific
workers concerned with the range of football codes.
Filling an important gap in performance analysis literature, this
book introduces the key concepts and practical applications of
performance analysis for team sports. It draws on cutting-edge
research to examine individual and collective behaviours across an
array of international team sports. Evidencing the close
relationship between coaching and performance analysis, it promotes
a better understanding of the crucial role of performance analysis
in team sports for achieving successful results. This book not only
presents a variety of different ways to analyse performance in team
sports, but also demonstrates how scientific data can be used to
enrich performance analysis. Part one delineates the main
guidelines for research in performance analysis, discussing the
characteristics of team sports, coaching processes, variables
characterizing performance and methods for team member interaction
analysis. Part two drills down into performance analysis across a
range of team sports including soccer, basketball, handball, ice
hockey, volleyball and rugby. Performance Analysis in Team Sports
is an essential companion for any course or research project on
sports performance analysis or sports coaching, and an invaluable
reference for professional analysts.
Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Second Edition, provides an analysis
of the processes underlying human skill acquisition. As the first
text to outline the multidisciplinary ecological dynamics framework
for understanding movement behavior, this heavily updated edition
stays on the cutting edge, with principles of nonlinear pedagogy
and methodologies from the constraints-led approach. Students and
practitioners across a variety of professions-including coaches,
physical educators, trainers, and rehabilitation specialists-will
appreciate the applied focus of this second edition. Movement
models throughout the text provide examples for visualizing task
constraints and enhancing the study and understanding of movement
behavior. Athletes and sports teams are presented as specific
complex adaptive systems, with information on designing learning
environments and adapting programs to foster skill development.
Readers will learn the historical evolution of dynamical systems
theory and the ecological dynamics framework. These foundational
concepts illustrate the integration between intentional action,
cognition, and decision making and their effects on performance and
behavior. Complex theoretical concepts are explained in simple
terms and related to practice, focusing on the implications of the
work of pioneering researchers such as Nikolai Bernstein, Egon
Brunswik, James Gibson, Scott Kelso, and Karl Newell. Case studies
written by practitioners contain specific examples of the
ecological dynamics framework in action, bringing theory to life.
By learning how to identify and manipulate key constraints that
influence learning skilled behavior, readers will gain insight into
practice designs for creating positive learning experiences that
enable individuals to develop and learn functional movements.
Throughout the book, learning features guide readers through
material with clear direction and focus to improve understanding.
Spotlight on Research sidebars provide detailed descriptions of
important studies to connect theory, research, and application. Lab
activities teach application skills beyond the content, ensuring
reader understanding. In addition, chapter objectives, self-test
questions, and Key Concept sidebars highlight important concepts in
each chapter. With the study of human movement now bridging many
disciplines, including motor development, psychology, biology, and
physical therapy, Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Second Edition,
provides a timely analysis of the ecological dynamics framework and
presents a comprehensive model for understanding how coordination
patterns are assembled, controlled, and acquired. The theoretical
roots and development of the ecological dynamics framework provide
application strategies for all people with an interest in movement
coordination and control.
There has been considerable debate on sport psychology about the
status and the function of cognition and action in sport. This
debate is very relevant since there was a refinement of the
different positions, and there were several attempts to integrate
apparently contrasting perspectives. A main goal of this book is to
put the links between cognition, perception and action into the
discussion both oriented towards theory and practice, and thus,
cast a new look on cognition and action in sport. The book is
organised in three sections. Section I discusses the organisation
of action attending to its dynamics and complexity. It shows how
multiple levels of complexity are involved in performance and
learning. Section II discusses not only what is knowledge, but also
how athletes use it during performance. Section III presents
different perspectives about judgement and decision-making as well
as applications to training.
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