Anticipation and Decision Making in Sport

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Synopsis
The ability to anticipate and make accurate decisions in a timely manner is fundamental to high-level performance in sport. This is the first book to identify the underlying science behind anticipation and decision making in sport, enhancing our scientific understanding of these phenomena and helping practitioners to develop interventions to facilitate the more rapid acquisition of the perceptual-cognitive skills that underpin these judgements. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach — encompassing research from psychology, biomechanics, neuroscience, physiology, computing science, and performance analysis — the book is divided into three sections. The first section provides a comprehensive analysis of the processes and mechanisms underpinning anticipation and skilled perception in sport. In the second section, the focus shifts towards exploring the science of decision making in sport. The final section is more applied, outlining how the key skills that impact on anticipation and decision making may be facilitated through various training interventions. With chapters written by leading experts from a vast range of countries and continents, no other book offers such a synthesis of the historical development of the field, contemporary research, and future areas for investigation in anticipation and decision making in sport. This is a fascinating and important text for students and researchers in sport psychology, skill acquisition, expert performance, motor learning, motor behaviour, and coaching science, as well as practicing coaches from any sport.
Copyright:
2018

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781351380188
Related ISBNs:
9781315146270, 9781138504844, 9781138504844, 9781138504837, 9781138504837
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
A. Mark Williams and Robin C. Jackson
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sports, Psychology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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