Description:Sports performance analysis is an important tool for any serious practitioner in sport and, as a result, performance analysis has become a key component of degree programmes in sport science and sports coaching. This resource explains how to undertake a research project in performance analysis of sport. Content: Performance analysis research -- Research processes -- Selecting a research question -- Specifying the research question -- Ethical issues in performance analysis -- Devising methods -- Measurement issues in performance analysis -- Analysis of quantitative sports performance data -- Analysis of qualitative sports performance data -- Writing up performance analysis research. Abstract: Modern techniques of sports performance analysis enable the sport scientist, coach and athlete to objectively assess, and therefore improve upon, sporting performance. This book explains how to undertake a research project in performance analysis. Read more...