Expert Performance in Sports Advances in Research on Sport Expertise

Name: Expert Performance in Sports Advances in Research on Sport Expertise
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ISBN: 9780736041522

ISBN-10: 0736041524

ISBN-13: 9780736041522

Edition: 2003

Authors: Janet Starkes, K. Anders Ericsson

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This book provides an overview of the critical issues facing those pursuing research in elite sport. Exploring how athletes reach and stay at the pinnacle of their sport, it identifies questions typically asked in this field and offers theoretical and practical applications for its development.

Book details

List price: $103.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: 5/5/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 1.42" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English




Introduction



The Magic and the Science of Sport Expertise: Introduction to Sport Expertise Research and This Volume




Where Are We and How Did We Get There?



Expert Performance in Sport: Current Perspectives and Critical Issues




Development of Elite Performance and Deliberate Practice: An Update From the Perspective of the Expert Performance Approach




Developing and Retaining Sport Expertise



From Play to Practice: A Developmental Framework for the Acquisition of Expertise in Team Sport




A Search for Deliberate Practice: An Examination of the Practice Environments in Figure Skating and Volleyball




Tactics, the Neglected Attribute of Expertise: Problem Representations and Performance Skills in Tennis




Expertise in Sport Judges and Referees: Circumventing Information Processing Limitations




Expert Athletes: An Integrated Approach to Decision Making




Perceptual Expertise: Development in Sport




Retaining Expertise: What Does it Take For Older Expert Athletes to Continue to Excel?




Novel Ways of Examining the Characteristics of Expertise and Related Theories



Development of Expertise: The Role of Coaching, Families, and Cultural Contexts




Memory and Expertise: What Do Experienced Athletes Remember?




Expert Performance in Sport: Views From the Joint Perspectives of Ecological Psychology and Dynamical Systems Theory




The Great Debate: Is a General Theory of Expert Performance Achievable?



Constraints and Issues in the Development of a General Theory of Expert Perceptual-Motor Performance: A Critique of the Deliberate Practice Framework




How the Expert Performance Approach Differs From Traditional Approaches to Expertise in Sports: In Search of a Shared Theoretical Framework for Studying Expert Performance