Full Description
Laterality in Sports: Theories and Applications summarizes recent research on the neurophysiological foundations of handedness, and how left or right lateralization (affecting primary hand use, foot use, and eye use) affects motor control, performance outcome, skill acquisition, and achievement of sports expertise—both for one-on-one sports and team sports. As laterality research has matured, greater focus has been given to applications in human endeavours and, in particular, sport. The book examines performance within individual sports, and discusses the coaching ramifications of coaching to a specific lateralization preference.
Contents
1. Laterality in Sports: More Than Two Sides of the Same Coin
Section A. Laterality - An Important and Often Disregarded Topic
2. Origins, Development, and Persistence of Laterality in Humans
3. In Fencing, Are Left-Handers Trouble for Right-Handers? What Fencing Masters Said in the Past and What Scientists Say Today
4. Measurement of Laterality and Its Relevance for Sports
5. Laterality and Its Role in Talent Identification and Athlete Development
6. Perspectives From Sports Medicine
Section B. Motor Control and Learning
7. What Can We Learn About Cognition From Studying Handedness? Insights From Cognitive Neuroscience
8. Laterality of Basic Motor Control Mechanisms: Different Roles of the Right and Left Brain Hemispheres
9. Effector Transfer
10. Near Misses and the Effect of Attentional Asymmetries on Sporting Performance
Section C. Performance in Sports
11. Laterality in Individualized Sports
12. Performance Differences Between Left- and Right-Sided Athletes in One-on-One Interactive Sports
13. Biomechanical Considerations of Laterality in Sport
14. Laterality Effects on Performance in Team Sports: Insights From Soccer and Basketball
15. Skill Acquisition in Left- and Right-Dominant Athletes: Insights From Elite Coaching
