Raised on a small farm by her loving parents in the middle of nowhere, Lynnex has no experience with the wider world. When her whole life dissolves into hay before her eyes—literally—she’s left homeless, destitute, and pissed off. Knowing the Gods Above wouldn’t trifle with the likes of Lynnex, she reasons that it must be the lesser gods below who have ruined her life, as they are the only beings with both the power and the pettiness to do something like that to a nobody like her. Quite lo...

This covers the PACSS 2021 which approached interdisciplinary collaboration between theoretical computer science and practical performance analysis though an online workshop and conference. Readers find in this book the peer-reviewed and discussed evidences on how computer scientists and performance analysts can and have worked together to solve both applied and research-based problems in elite sport, using the methods of computer science. In this edition, we organize the content according...

It’s Shadow Lab, Volume Two!In Katharyn Blair’s “Deadlanders,” the realm between life and death is guarded by mercenaries called Deadlanders. When a new recruit realizes that something is trying to break through from “the other side”—and that the threat is connected to her dead sister—she must risk everything to get answers.In David Moody’s “The Uninvited,” when a group of high school kids throws a massive party in the penthouse of an unfinished hi...

Raised on a small farm by her loving parents in the middle of nowhere, Lynnex has no experience with the wider world. When her whole life dissolves into hay before her eyes—literally—she’s left homeless, destitute, and pissed off. Knowing the Gods Above wouldn’t trifle with the likes of Lynnex, she reasons that it must be the lesser gods below who have ruined her life, as they are the only beings with both the power and the pettiness to do something like that to a nobody like her. Quite lo...

Within the domain of sport, the application of science is more apparent than ever before. Not only are universities and academic institutions scientifically investigating sport as one element of human performance, but professional teams, sporting organizations, and private training companies are embracing approaches that use scientific principles to help their athletes and teams gain a competitive edge in sporting competition.The potential for applying science to sport training and...

Using data from one season of NBA games, Basketball Data Science: With Applications in R is the perfect book for anyone interested in learning and applying data analytics in basketball. Whether assessing the spatial performance of an NBA player's shots or doing an analysis of the impact of high pressure game situations on the probability of scoring, this book discusses a variety of case studies and hands-on examples using a custom R package. The codes are supplied so reade...

A Constraints-Led Approach to Baseball Coaching presents a new approach to baseball coaching and practice. Applying a CLA to the player development process across the skill spectrum from the beginners to elite, this book uses practical examples to demonstrate the theoretical principles of the constraints-led coaching style embedded in research showing the numerous benefits of the approach.This book incorporates case studies and examples of how constraints are manipulated to develop...

This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2019, held in New York City, NY, USA, in October 2019.The 15 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They cover topics such as: e-health technology design; well-being technology; biomedical and health informatics; and smart environment technology.

First published in 1997. The aim of the book is to provide a ready manual on notational analysis. The book is written for the sports scientist, the coach, the athlete, or for anyone who wishes to apply analysis to any performance operation. Although this book is applied directly to sport, notational analysis is a procedure that could be used in any discipline that requires assessment and analysis of performance: nursing, surgical operations, skilled manufacturing processes, unskilled manuf...

Sport performance analysis techniques help coaches, athletes and sport scientists develop an objective understanding of actual sport performance, as opposed to self-report, fitness tests or laboratory based experiments. For example, contemporary performance analysis enables elite sports people and coaches to obtain live feedback of match statistics and video sequences using flexible internet systems, systems that have become an indispensible tool for all those involved in high performance ...

Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this book is by far the most comprehensive collection of current research into football, presenting important new work in key areas such as:physiol...

The research project or dissertation is a core component of any degree programme in the rapidly developing discipline of sport performance analysis. This highly practical and accessible book provides a complete step-by-step guide to doing a research project. Showcasing the very latest research methods, it covers the whole research process, from identifying a research question and system development to data collection, data analysis and writing up the results.Introducing the fundame...