Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- The roles and uses of augmented feedback in motor skill acquisition / Richard A. Magill and David I. Anderson -- Mixing it up a little : how to schedule observational practice / Nicole T. Ong and Nicola J. Hodges -- Attentional focus affects movement efficiency / Keith R. Lohse, Gabriele Wulf and Rebecca Lewthwaite -- Advances in implicit motor learning / Richard S. Masters and Jamie M. Poolton -- Contextual interference : generalizability and limitations / Timothy D. Lee -- Mental imagery, action observation, and skill learning / Aidan Moran, Mark Campbell, Paul Holmes and Tadhg Macintyre -- Ecological dynamics and motor learning design in sport / Keith Davids, Duarte Araújo, Robert Hristovski, Pedro Passos and Jia Yi Chow -- The representation, production, and transfer of simple and complex movement sequences / Charles H. Shea and David L. Wright -- Physical guidance research: Assisting principles and supporting evidence / Nicola J. Hodges and Paul Campagnaro -- Motor learning through a motivational lens / Rebecca Lewthwaite and Gabriele Wulf -- Motor skill consolidation / Maxime Trempe and Luc Proteau -- Critical periods, sensitive periods, and readiness for motor skill learning / David I. Anderson, Richard A. Magill and Regis Thouvarecq -- Mechanisms of skilled joint action performance / Terry Eskenazi, Robrecht Van Der Wel and Natalie Sebanz -- Motor skill learning and its neurophysiology / Katie P. Wadden, Michael R. Borich and Lara A. Boyd -- The development of skill in sport / Jean Côté, Jennifer Murphy-Mills and Bruce Abernethy -- Anticipatory behavior and expert performance / Bruce Abernethy, Damian Farrow, Adam D. Gorman and David L. Mann -- Perceptual expertise : what can be trained? / Joe Causer, Christopher M. Janelle, Joan N. Vickers and A. Mark Williams -- Embodied cognition : from the playing field to the classroom / Carly Kontra, Neil B. Albert and Sian L. Beilock -- Especial skills : generality and specificity in motor learning / Gavin Breslin, Richard A. Schmidt and Timothy D. Lee -- Translating theory into practice : working at the 'coal face' in the UK! / A. Mark Williams, Paul Ford, Joe Causer, Oliver Logan and Stafford Murray -- Working in the field (Southern Hemisphere) / Chris Button and Damian Farrow.

"Success in sport depends upon the athlete's ability to develop and perfect a specific set of perceptual, cognitive and motor skills. Now in a fully revised and updated new edition, Skill Acquisition in Sport examines how we learn such skills and, in particular, considers the crucial role of practice and instruction in the skill acquisition process. Containing thirteen completely new chapters, and engaging with the significant advances in neurophysiological techniques that have profoundly shaped our understanding of motor control and development, the book provides a comprehensive review of current research and theory on skill acquisition. Leading international experts explore key topics such as: attentional focus augmented Feedback observational practice and learning implicit motor learning mental imagery training physical guidance motivation and motor learning neurophysiology development of skill joint action. Throughout, the book addresses the implications of current research for instruction and practice in sport, making explicit connections between core science and sporting performance. No other book covers this fundamental topic in such breadth or depth, making this book important reading for any student, scholar or practitioner working in sport science, cognitive science, kinesiology, clinical and rehabilitation sciences, neurophysiology, psychology, ergonomics or robotics"--

Expertise and research into the development of expertise and skill acquistion in sports performance is a specific area of research within the more general field of motor skills acquisition. This is the first fully comprehensive and focused work on the subject.