Laterality in Sports: Theories and Applications (Hardcover)

Chapter 1. Laterality in Sports: More Than Two Sides of the Same Coin

Section A. Laterality ? An Important and Often Disregarded Topic

Chapter 2. Origins, Development, and Persistence of Laterality in Humans

Chapter 3. In Fencing, Are Left-Handers Trouble for Right-Handers? What Fencing Masters Said in the Past and What Scientists Say Today

Chapter 4. Measurement of Laterality and Its Relevance for Sports

Chapter 5. Laterality and Its Role in Talent Identification and Athlete Development

Chapter 6. Perspectives From Sports Medicine

Section B. Motor Control and Learning

Chapter 7. What Can We Learn About Cognition From Studying Handedness? Insights From Cognitive Neuroscience

Chapter 8. Laterality of Basic Motor Control Mechanisms: Different Roles of the Right and Left Brain Hemispheres

Chapter 9. Effector Transfer

Chapter 10. Near Misses and the Effect of Attentional Asymmetries on Sporting Performance

Section C. Performance in Sports

Chapter 11. Laterality in Individualized Sports

Chapter 12. Performance Differences Between Left- and Right-Sided Athletes in One-on-One Interactive Sports

Chapter 13. Biomechanical Considerations of Laterality in Sport

Chapter 14. Laterality Effects on Performance in Team Sports: Insights From Soccer and Basketball

Chapter 15. Skill Acquisition in Left- and Right-Dominant Athletes: Insights From Elite Coaching