Complex systems in sport / edited by Keith Davids, Robert Hristovski, Duarte Araújo, Natàlia Balagué Serre, Chris Button and Pedro Passos.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. Theoretical Bases for Understanding Complex Systems in Sport -- Part 2. Methodologies and Techniques for Data Analyses in Investigating Complex Systems in Sport -- Part 3. Complexity Sciences and Sport Performance -- Part 4. Complexity Sciences and Training for Sport -- --

Part 1. Theoretical Bases for Understanding Complex Systems in Sport -- 1. Basic Notions in the Science of Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics / Robert Hristovski, Natalia Balague Serre and Wolfgang Schöllhorn -- 2. Coordination Dynamics and Cognition / J.A. Scott Kelso -- 3. Why Coordination Dynamics is Relevant for Studying Sport Performance / Chris Button, Jon Wheat and Peter Lamb -- 4. Psychobiological Integration During Exercise / N. Balagué Serre, R. Hristovski, A. Vainoras, P. Vázquez, D. Aragonés -- -- Part 2. Methodologies and Techniques for Data Analyses in Investigating Complex Systems in Sport -- 5. Nonlinear Time Series Methods for Analyzing Behavioral Sequences / Nikita Kuznetsov, Scott Bonnette and Michael A. Riley -- 6. Interpersonal Coordination Tendencies Induce Functional Synergies Through Co-Adaptation Processes in Team Sports / Pedro Passos, Duarte Araújo, Bruno Travassos, Luis Vilar and Ricardo Duarte -- 7. The Measurement of Space and Time in Evolving Sport Phenomena / Sofia Fonseca, Ana Diniz and Duarte Araújo -- 8. Self-Organizing Maps and Cluster Analysis in Elite and Sub-Elite Athletic Performance / Wolfgang Schöllhorn, Jia Yi Chow, Paul Glazier and Chris Button -- 9. Single Camera Analyses in Studying Pattern Forming Dynamics of Player Interactions in Team Sports / Ricardo Duarte, Orlando Fernandes, Hugo Folgado Duarte Araújo -- 10. Using Virtual Environments to Study Interactions in Sport Performance / Vanda Correia, Duarte Araújo, Gareth Watson and Cathy Craig -- 11. Methods of Measurement in Studying Team Sports as Dynamical Systems / Jürgen Perl -- 12. Team Sports as Dynamical Systems / Tim Mcgarry, Juergen Perl and Martin Lames -- -- Part 3. Complexity Sciences and Sport Performance -- 13. Ecological Dynamics as Alternative Framework to Notational Performance Analysis / Luis Vilar, Carlota Torrents, Duarte Araújo and Keith Davids -- 14. Talent Development and Expertise in Sport / Elissa Phillips, Keith Davids, Duarte Araújo and Ian Renshaw -- 15. Creativity in Sport and Dance: Ecological Dynamics on a Hierarchical Soft-assembled Perception-Action Landscape / Robert Hristovski, Keith Davids, Duarte Araújo, Pedro Passos, Carlota Torrents, Alexandar Aceski and Alexandar Tufekcievski -- -- Part 4. Complexity Sciences and Training for Sport -- 16. Variability in Neurobiological Systems and Training / Chris Button, Ludovic Seifert, David O'Donovan, and Keith Davids -- 17. Individual Pathways of Change in Motor Learning and Development / Yeou-Teh Liu and Karl M. Newell -- 18. A Constraints-Based Approach to the Acquisition of Expertise in Outdoor Adventure Sports / Keith Davids, Eric Brymer, Ludovic Seifert and Dominic Orth -- 19. Skill Acquisition and Representative Task Design / Ross A. Pinder, Ian Renshaw, Jonathon Headrick and Keith Davids.

"This book is the first to bring together experts studying complex systems in the context of sport from across the world to collate core theoretical ideas, current methodologies and existing data into one comprehensive resource. It offers new methods of analysis for investigating representative complex sport movements and actions at an individual and team level, exploring the application of methodologies from the complexity sciences in the context of sports performance and the organization of sport practice. "--Publisher's website.