The application of social network analysis to team sports

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-224

  Lusher, Dean ^a   Robins, Garry ^a   Kremer, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

intra group relations; methodology; social network analysis; sporting teams

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN RELATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEAM SPORT;

EID: 78049522253     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2010.495559     Document Type: Review

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