Background Agility is an important characteristic of team sports athletes. There is a growing
interest in the factors that influence agility performance as well as appropriate testing …

The acquisition of soccer skills is fundamental to our enjoyment of the game and is essential
to the attainment of expertise. Players spend most of their time in practice with the intention …

Objectives The ability to perform a context-free 3-dimensional multiple object tracking (3D-
MOT) task has been highly related to athletic performance. In the present study, we …

ABSTRACT A large body of literature supports the effectiveness of using video simulations
to improve decision-making skills in invasion sports. However, whether these improvements …

Psychological Dynamics of Sport and Exercise, Fourth Edition, reflects the latest
developments in the field of sport and exercise psychology and presents various …

The number of researchers studying perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport is increasing.
The intention in this paper is to review the currently accepted framework for studying expert …

We review contemporary research on perceptual‐cognitive expertise in sport and consider
implications for those working in the field of applied cognitive psychology. We identify the …

The chapter is divided into five sections. First, the historical development of mental training
in sport is described. Second, a model of mental skills for athletes and coaches is offered …

Objectives To overview a framework that provides a theoretically-grounded approach to
predicting the types of modified perceptual training tasks that will stimulate transfer of …

What are the most effective tools, techniques and technologies available to coaches and
sport scientists in the assessment of player and team performance? This is the first book …