Home Advantage in Sport: Causes and the Effect on Performance

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Synopsis
This is the first book exploring the concept of home advantage (HA), the well-known beneficial effect that players and teams derive from performing at home in all sports throughout the world. Despite the fact that the existence of HA dates back to the origins of organized sport in the late 19th century, its root causes and how they operate and interact with each other are still unclear and remain the topic of intense research involving many disciplines, all with the potential objective of improving team and individual performance. This book covers a broad review of HA divided into three different sections: (i) Section 1 focuses on the theory of HA in sport (the concept of this phenomenon, its quantification, and factors supposedly associated with the HA are explored; (ii) Section 2 analyses the effects of HA in sports related to both male and female athletes, in relation to tactics and strategies, fans, referees, travel, situational variables and the home disadvantage; and (iii) Section 3 studies the HA as it applies to specific sports worldwide such as outdoor sports (football, rugby, cricket, and Australian Football), indoor sports (basketball, futsal, handball, water polo and volleyball), US professional sports, individual sports, racket sports, combat sports, minor sports, disabled sports and the Olympic Games. 　 This book has been written in cooperation with top leading experts in this field worldwide. The book offers a better understanding of the HA effect for MSc and PhD students, athletes, coaches, performance analysts, sport psychologists, sociologists, sport scientists and sport journalists.
Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
336 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000462067
Related ISBNs:
9781003081456, 9780367533298, 9780367533267
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Miguel A. Gómez-Ruano, Richard Pollard, and Carlos Lago-Peñas
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Sports, Psychology
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Carlos Lago-Peñas
Edited by:
Richard Pollard
Edited by:
Miguel A. Gómez-Ruano

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