| Description |
x, 469 pages : illustrations ; 24cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- Ch. 1. The magic and the science of sport expertise: Introduction to sport expertise research and this volume -- Part II. Where are we and how did we get there? -- Ch. 2. Expert performance in sport: Current perspectives and critical issues -- Ch. 3. Development of elite performance and deliberate practice: An update from the perspective of the expert performance approach -- Part III. Developing and retaining sport expertise -- Ch. 4. From play to practice: A developmental framework for the acquisition of expertise in team sports -- Ch. 5. A search for deliberate practice: An examination of the practice environments in figure skating and volleyball -- Ch. 6. Tactics, the neglected attribute of expertise: Problem representations and performance skills in tennis -- Ch. 7. Expertise in sport judges and referees: Circumventing information-processing limitations -- Ch. 8. Expert athletes: An integrated approach to decision making -- Ch. 9. Perceptual expertise: Development in sport -- Ch. 10. Retaining expertise: What does it take for older expert athletes to continue to excel? -- Part IV. Novel ways of examining the characteristics of expertise and related theories -- Ch. 11. Development of expertise: The role of coaching, families, and cultural contexts -- Ch. 12. Memory and expertise: What do experienced athletes remember? -- Ch. 13. Expert performance in sport: Views from the joint perspectives of ecological psychology and dynamical systems theory -- Part V. The great debate: Is a general theory 345 of expert performance achievable? -- Ch. 14. Constraints and issues in the development of a general theory of expert perceptual-motor performance: A critique of the deliberate practice framework -- Ch. 15. How the expert performance approach differs from traditional approaches to expertise in sport: In search of a shared theoretical framework for studying expert performance |
| Summary |
"Expert Performance in Sports presents an overview of the critical issues facing researchers who study how athletes reach - and stay at - the pinnacle of their sports. The text will allow you to update your knowledge of sport expertise with the most current research and practical applications for the development of sport expertise in athletes, referees, and judges." -back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Sports sciences.
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Physical education and training.
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| Author |
Ericsson, Anders, 1947-
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Starkes, Janet L.
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| LC no. |
2002152294 |
| ISBN |
9780736041522 hardback |
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0736041524 hardback |
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