Until recently tactical analysis in elite soccer were based on observational data using
variables which discard most contextual information. Analyses of team tactics require …

Background Evolving patterns of match analysis research need to be systematically
reviewed regularly since this area of work is burgeoning rapidly and studies can offer new …

Background Performance analysis research in association football has recently cusped a
paradigmatic shift in the way tactical behaviours are studied. Based on insights from system …

Over two decades ago, and raised theoretical concerns associated with traditional,
reductionist, and mechanistic perspectives of movement coordination and skill acquisition …

There is a need to update scientific assumptions in sport to promote the critical thinking of
scientists, coaches, and practitioners and improve their methodological decisions. On the …

More than a century ago, William Morton Wheeler proposed that social insect colonies can
be regarded as superorganisms when they have morphologically differentiated reproductive …

Individual players act as a coherent unit during team sports performance, forming a team
synergy. A synergy is a collective property of a task-specific organization of individuals, such …

The aim of this study was to define and categorise different styles of play in elite soccer and
associated performance indicators by using factor analysis. Furthermore, the observed …

Passing behaviour is a key property of successful performance in team sports. Previous
investigations however have mainly focused on notational measurements like total passing …

This paper proposes how ecological dynamics, a theory focusing on the performer-
environment relationship, provides a basis for understanding skill acquisition in sport. From …