Sports teams as superorganisms: Implications of sociobiological models of behaviour for research and practice in team sports performance analysis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 633-642

  Duarte, Ricardo ^a   Arajo, Duarte ^a,b   Correia, Vanda ^b,c   Davids, Keith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collective behaviours; performance analysis; social neurobiological systems; superorganisms.; team sports

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SPORT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SPORTS;

EID: 84863763064     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11632450-000000000-00000     Document Type: Article

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