1st Edition

Performance Analysis in Team Sports

252 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

252 Pages 23 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Preface

PART I

1. Characteristics of team games

2. Coaching processes in team games

3. Variables characterizing performance and performance indicators in team games

4. Performance issues in team games

5. Team member interaction analysis

PART II

6. Research topics in soccer performance

7. Research topics in other football codes (rugby union, rugby league, Aussie rules and American football)

8. Research topics in ice hockey

9. Research topics in basketball

10. Research topics in handball

11. Research topics in volleyball

Biography

Pedro Passos is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Duarte Araújo is the Director of the Laboratory of Sport Expertise in the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Anna Volossovitch is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, Portugal.