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The coaching process is about enhancing performance by providing feedback about the performance to the athlete or team. Researchers have shown that human observation and memory are not reliable enough to provide accurate and objective information for high-performance athletes. Objective measuring tools are necessary to enable the feedback process. These can take the form of video analysis systems post-event, both biomechanical and computerised notation systems, or the use of in-event systems.

Essentials of Performance Analysis in Sport 3rd Edition is fully revised with updated existing chapters and the addition of 12 new chapters. It is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to this core discipline of contemporary sport science. The book offers a full description of the fundamental theory of match and performance analysis, using real-world illustrative examples and data throughout. It also explores the applied contexts in which analysis can have a significant influence on pe

Table of Contents

Section I: The Background

1. The Importance of Feedback to Performance

2. What is Performance Analysis?

3. Project Management Issues in Performance Analysis

4. A Pedagogical Approach to Performance Analysis in the Physical Education

5. Video-based Technologies

Section II: The Methodology of Notational Analysis

6. The Use of Performance Indicators in Performance Analysis

7. Sports Analysis

8. How Do We Design Simple Systems? - How to Develop a Notation system?

9. Examples of Notation Systems

Section III: Current Issues of Performance Analysis

10. Reliability Issues in Sports Performance Analysis

13. Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis of Technique

14. Probability Analysis of Sports Contests: Skill and Chance

15. Applied Motion Analysis

16. Momentum and ‘Hot Hands’

17. Dynamic Systems Theory and ‘Perturbations’

18. Rule Changes in Sport and the Role of Notation

19. Notational Analysis of Coaching Behaviour

20. Performance Analysis in Elite Masters Football: Strategic Team and Player Development Implications.

Section IV: Profiling in Sport with Examples

21. Performance Profiling

22. Example of Profiling Techniques: Profiling in Soccer

23. Example of Profiling Techniques: Performance Profiling in Squash

24. Profiling in Canoeing – A Practical Example

25. Performance Profiling in Rugby Union

Section V: Careers In Performance Analysis

26. Accreditation

27. Cooperation between Performance Analysis and Sport Data Analysis?

28. References and Bibliography

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 12/9/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780367355418, 978-0367355418
      ISBN10: 0367355418

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The coaching process is about enhancing performance by providing feedback about the performance to the athlete or team. Researchers have shown that human observation and memory are not reliable enough to provide accurate and objective information for high-performance athletes. Objective measuring tools are necessary to enable the feedback process. These can take the form of video analysis systems post-event, both biomechanical and computerised notation systems, or the use of in-event systems.

      Essentials of Performance Analysis in Sport 3rd Edition is fully revised with updated existing chapters and the addition of 12 new chapters. It is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to this core discipline of contemporary sport science. The book offers a full description of the fundamental theory of match and performance analysis, using real-world illustrative examples and data throughout. It also explores the applied contexts in which analysis can have a significant influence on pe

      Table of Contents

      Section I: The Background

      1. The Importance of Feedback to Performance

      2. What is Performance Analysis?

      3. Project Management Issues in Performance Analysis

      4. A Pedagogical Approach to Performance Analysis in the Physical Education

      5. Video-based Technologies

      Section II: The Methodology of Notational Analysis

      6. The Use of Performance Indicators in Performance Analysis

      7. Sports Analysis

      8. How Do We Design Simple Systems? - How to Develop a Notation system?

      9. Examples of Notation Systems

      Section III: Current Issues of Performance Analysis

      10. Reliability Issues in Sports Performance Analysis

      13. Qualitative Biomechanical Analysis of Technique

      14. Probability Analysis of Sports Contests: Skill and Chance

      15. Applied Motion Analysis

      16. Momentum and ‘Hot Hands’

      17. Dynamic Systems Theory and ‘Perturbations’

      18. Rule Changes in Sport and the Role of Notation

      19. Notational Analysis of Coaching Behaviour

      20. Performance Analysis in Elite Masters Football: Strategic Team and Player Development Implications.

      Section IV: Profiling in Sport with Examples

      21. Performance Profiling

      22. Example of Profiling Techniques: Profiling in Soccer

      23. Example of Profiling Techniques: Performance Profiling in Squash

      24. Profiling in Canoeing – A Practical Example

      25. Performance Profiling in Rugby Union

      Section V: Careers In Performance Analysis

      26. Accreditation

      27. Cooperation between Performance Analysis and Sport Data Analysis?

      28. References and Bibliography

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