Research Methods for Sports Performance Analysis

Sports performance analysis is an important tool for any serious practitioner in sport and, as a result, performance analysis has become a key component of degree programmes in sport science and sports coaching. This resource explains how to undertake a research project in performance analysis of sport.
Content: Performance analysis research --
Research processes --
Selecting a research question --
Specifying the research question --
Ethical issues in performance analysis --
Devising methods --
Measurement issues in performance analysis --
Analysis of quantitative sports performance data --
Analysis of qualitative sports performance data --
Writing up performance analysis research.
Abstract: Modern techniques of sports performance analysis enable the sport scientist, coach and athlete to objectively assess, and therefore improve upon, sporting performance. This book explains how to undertake a research project in performance analysis.