Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science
About the Book Series
The Routledge Research in Sport and Exercise Science series is a showcase for cutting-edge research from across the sport and exercise sciences, including physiology, psychology, biomechanics, motor control, physical activity and health, and every core sub-discipline. Featuring the work of established and emerging scientists and practitioners from around the world, and covering the theoretical, investigative and applied dimensions of sport and exercise, this series is an important channel for new and ground-breaking research in the human movement sciences.
Sports Science in India: Practice and Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Martin Toms, Meenu Dhingra, Pralay Majumdar
July 30, 2025
Sports Science in India: Practice and Perspective brings together key Indian academics and experts in the field of sports science (in its broadest sense) to produce summaries of the existing international research in fundamental topics of sport science with a focus on India in such a way that it ...
Gaze and Visual Perception in Sport
1st Edition
Edited
By Gal Ziv, Ronnie Lidor
January 31, 2025
Gaze and Visual Perception in Sport is the first book that explores various aspects of gaze and visual perception in sport. The way athletes control their gaze and their ability to extract relevant information from the environment is important for their ability to perform sport-related motor tasks....
Skill Acquisition for Judo: Principles into Practice
1st Edition
By Darren Warner
December 15, 2024
First introduced as an Olympic sport in Tokyo 1964, judo is a dynamic grappling sport where it’s competitors win by throwing and pinning their opponents to the floor or forcing submission through armlocks or strangles. To become an elite judoka, athletes are required to develop a high level of ...
Relative Age Effects in Sport: International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Jess Dixon, Sean Horton, Laura Chittle, Joe Baker
May 06, 2022
Individual achievement in sport is often constrained by an athlete’s age relative to the peers with whom they participate. A common practice within sport and educational domains is to group youth based on their chronological ages to help promote equal competition, age appropriate instruction, and ...
The Exercising Female: Science and Its Application
1st Edition
Edited
By Jacky Forsyth, Claire-Marie Roberts
September 30, 2021
The Exercising Female: Science and Its Application is the first book to provide students, researchers, and professionals with an evidence-based reference on the exceptional scientific issues associated with female participation in sport and exercise. Based on the latest research, and treating ...
Sociocultural Examinations of Sports Concussions
1st Edition
Edited
By Matt Ventresca, Mary McDonald
June 30, 2021
Sport’s "concussion crisis" has been characterized by controversial scientific discoveries, athlete suicides, and high-profile lawsuits involving professional sports leagues, while provoking widespread media coverage, changes to game rules, and debate about the future of many popular sports. ...
Detecting Doping in Sport
1st Edition
By Stephen Moston, Terry Engelberg
March 31, 2021
The book explores the changing landscape of anti-doping investigations, which now largely centre on the collection of intelligence about doping through processes such as surveillance, interviews with witnesses and interrogation of athletes. It examines why and how investigative processes, hitherto ...
The Athlete Apperception Technique: Manual and Materials for Sport and Clinical Psychologists
1st Edition
By Petah M. Gibbs, Mark B. Andersen, Daryl B. Marchant
March 31, 2021
As the field of sport psychology has matured, so a greater appreciation for a diversity of training models, research methodologies, and therapeutic approaches, opposed to the dominant models of objective testing, has developed. The Athlete Apperception Technique (AAT) sets out a sport-specific ...
The Science of Figure Skating
1st Edition
Edited
By Jason Vescovi, Jaci VanHeest
March 31, 2021
The Science of Figure Skating is the first book to provide an evidence-based and comprehensive reference for the scientific underpinnings of this complex Olympic sport, where early specialization presents unique challenges for coaches and athletes alike.Drawing on cutting-edge research and ...
Genetics and the Psychology of Motor Performance
1st Edition
By Sigal Ben-Zaken, Véronique Richard, Gershon Tenenbaum
December 18, 2020
Despite the prevalence of behavioral research conducted through genetic studies, there is an absence of literature pertaining to the genetics of motor behavior. Genetics and the Psychology of Motor Performance is the first book to integrate cutting-edge genetic research into the study of the ...
Human Fatigue: Evolution, Health and Performance
1st Edition
By Francesco Marino
December 18, 2020
Fatigue is a condition spanning the breadth of human functioning in health and disease and is a central concern in sport and exercise. Even so we are yet to fully understand its causes. One reason for this lack of understanding is that we seldom consider fatigue from an evolutionary perspective - ...
Psychological Aspects of Sport-Related Concussions
1st Edition
Edited
By Gordon Bloom, Jeffrey Caron
December 18, 2020
Recognition of concussion as a serious injury, informed by neurological and physiological research, is now commonplace in sport. However, research on the psychology of concussive injury—its psychological implications and outcomes, and psychological interventions for prevention and recovery—has ...