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Laterality in Sports
Theories and Applications
This thorough book offers a summary of recent research on laterality in sports, encompassing how preferred handedness (or eye or foot use) affects skill acquisition, motor control, and development of expertise in both individual and team sports
Florian Loffing (Edited by), Norbert Hagemann (Edited by), Bernd Strauss (Edited by), Clare MacMahon (Edited by)
9780128014264
Hardback, published 25 August 2016
380 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.75 kg
"...an extremely well-written and thought-provoking book that explains more complex issues in sports performance, rehabilitation, injury prevention, and neurocognition in a very readable format...While the book is geared toward individuals in an academic setting, it can be useful for individuals in a variety of fields such as kinesiology, physical therapy, rehabilitation, neuropsychology, and sports performance." --PsycCRITIQUES
Laterality in Sports: Theories and Applications summarizes recent research on the neurophysiological foundations of handedness, and how left or right lateralization (affecting primary hand use, foot use, and eye use) affects motor control, performance outcome, skill acquisition, and achievement of sports expertise—both for one-on-one sports and team sports. As laterality research has matured, greater focus has been given to applications in human endeavours and, in particular, sport. The book examines performance within individual sports, and discusses the coaching ramifications of coaching to a specific lateralization preference.
1. Laterality in Sports: More Than Two Sides of the Same Coin Section A. Laterality – An Important and Often Disregarded Topic 2. Origins, Development, and Persistence of Laterality in Humans 3. In Fencing, Are Left-Handers Trouble for Right-Handers? What Fencing Masters Said in the Past and What Scientists Say Today 4. Measurement of Laterality and Its Relevance for Sports 5. Laterality and Its Role in Talent Identification and Athlete Development 6. Perspectives From Sports Medicine Section B. Motor Control and Learning 7. What Can We Learn About Cognition From Studying Handedness? Insights From Cognitive Neuroscience 8. Laterality of Basic Motor Control Mechanisms: Different Roles of the Right and Left Brain Hemispheres 9. Effector Transfer 10. Near Misses and the Effect of Attentional Asymmetries on Sporting Performance Section C. Performance in Sports 11. Laterality in Individualized Sports 12. Performance Differences Between Left- and Right-Sided Athletes in One-on-One Interactive Sports 13. Biomechanical Considerations of Laterality in Sport 14. Laterality Effects on Performance in Team Sports: Insights From Soccer and Basketball 15. Skill Acquisition in Left- and Right-Dominant Athletes: Insights From Elite Coaching
Subject Areas: Sports training & coaching [WSD], Neurology & clinical neurophysiology [MJN], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM]
