SEIFERT, Ludovic, ARAÚJO, Duarte, KOMAR, John and DAVIDS, Keith (2017). Understanding constraints on sport performance from the complexity sciences paradigm: An ecological dynamics framework. Human Movement Science. (In Press)
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Abstract
Glazier’s suggestion for the constraints-led approach as a GUT for sport performance is a worthy proposal. What is missing from these preliminary insights is a principled basis, in the form of pillars, for understanding the cornerstones of the sports medicine profession, and this lack of an overarching theoretical framework is also somewhat of a limitation in Glazier's initial ideas, as we argue later. Here we suggest that his preliminary proposal would benefit from considering a more comprehensive ontological positioning within the complexity sciences paradigm to benefit from conceptualising athletes and sports teams as complex adaptive systems. We argue that ecological dynamics provides a more encompassing rationale than the constraint-led approach because it is a multi-dimensional theoretical framework shaped by many relevant disciplines.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group: | Centre for Sports Engineering Research |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.humov.2017.05.001 |
Depositing User: | Carmel House |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2017 11:47 |
Last Modified: | 27 Jan 2018 20:54 |
URI: | http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15821 |
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