Sport competition as a dynamical self-organizing system

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 771-781

  McGarry, Tim ^a   Anderson, David I ^a   Wallace, Stephen A ^a   Hughes, Mike D ^a   Franks, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Couplings; Dynamical system; Self organization; Soccer; Sports contest; Squash

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SELF CONTROL; SPORT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036786740     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404102320675620     Document Type: Review

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