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.
Complexity and Control in Team Sports: Dialectics in contesting human systems
1st Edition
By Felix Lebed, Michael Bar-Eli
September 11, 2014
Complexity and Control in Team Sports is the first book to apply complex systems theory to ‘soccer-like’ team games (including basketball, handball and hockey) and to present a framework for understanding and managing the elite sports team as a multi-level complex system. Conventional ...
Psychoneuroendocrinology of Sport and Exercise: Foundations, Markers, Trends
1st Edition
Edited
By Felix Ehrlenspiel, Katharina Strahler
July 17, 2014
Psychoneuroendocrinology is the study of the interaction between hormones, the brain and human behaviour. This is the first book to examine psychoneuroendocrinology in the context of sport and exercise, offering a comprehensive review of current research and assessment techniques and highlighting ...
Mixed Methods Research in the Movement Sciences: Case Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Dance
1st Edition
Edited
By Oleguer Camerino, Marta Castaner, Teresa Anguera
March 27, 2014
Mixed methods research techniques, combining both quantitative and qualitative elements, have become well established throughout the social, behavioural and natural sciences. This is the first book to focus on the application of mixed methods research in the movement sciences, specifically in sport...
Attachment in Sport, Exercise and Wellness
1st Edition
By Sam Carr
April 11, 2013
Attachment theory is a concept well known to ‘mainstream’ psychologists, informing the literature in areas as diverse as psychodynamics, developmental psychology, social psychology and counselling. This important new book is the first to demonstrate the relevance of attachment theory to the ...
Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control: Theory and Application
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark De Ste Croix, Thomas Korff
April 11, 2013
Paediatric Biomechanics and Motor Control brings together the very latest developmental research using biomechanical measurement and analysis techniques and is the first book to focus on biomechanical aspects of child development. The book is divided into four main sections – the biological ...
Mental Toughness in Sport: Developments in Theory and Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel Gucciardi, Sandy Gordon
February 28, 2013
The pursuit of excellence in sport depends on four key facets of performance, namely physical, technical, tactical and mental skills. However, when physical, technical and tactical skills are evenly matched, a common occurrence at elite level, it is the performer with greater levels of mental ...