This is the first book exploring the concept of home advantage (HA), the beneficial effect from performing at home. Section 1 focuses on the theory of HA, Section 2 analyses the effects of HA related to male and female athletes, in relation to tactics, fans, referees, and the home disadvantage; and Section 3 studys the HA in specific sports.
The book examines the new and popular topic of home advantage in sport
The text is well structured and broad in its scope covering both the theory and psychological effects of home advantage, as well as giving detailed and applied examples across many sports.
The books take a balanced approach and included a chapter on the home disadvantage an emerging line of thought in the area
Miguel A. Gomez-Ruano is associate professor at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Madrid, Spain and adjunct professor at the James Cook University, Sport and Exercise Science, Townsville, Australia.
Richard Pollard is a retired sports scientist, currently affiliated with the Statistics Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, U.S.A.
Carlos Lago-Penas is full professor at the University of Vigo, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Vigo, Spain.
Section 1: Theory of Home Advantage in Sports
1. The Home Advantage Phenomenon in Sport: History and Development
2. Long-term Trends and Geographical Perspectives of Home Advantage
3. Science Mapping: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Home Advantage Phenomenon in Sport
4. The Assessment and Quantification of the Home Advantage Effect
5. Home Sweet Home: Theoretical Explanations on Why the Local Stadium and Local Environment Affects the Performance of Home and Away Teams
6. Crowd Effects, Territoriality and Home Advantage: A Sociological Explanation
7. My Home is (Not Always) My Castle: Advantageous and Adverse Psychological Effects of Playing at Home
8. Physiological Basis for Home Advantage
Section 2: Effects of Home Advantage in Sports
9. How Does Playing Without an Audience Affect the Home Advantage?
10. Strategy, Tactics and Home Advantage in Team Sports
11. The Home Advantage Bias in Sport Referees' Decisions
12. The influence of Travel in the Home Advantage Effect
13. Does a Home Disadvantage Ever Exist?
14. The Interacting Effects of Situational Variables with Home Advantage
15. The Home Advantage Effect in Women's Sport
16. Home Advantage Effect at Lower Levels of Play
Section 3: Home Advantage Applied to Specific Sports
17. Home Advantage in Soccer
18. Is Playing at Home Really an Advantage? An Australian Football, Rugby League and Rugby Union perspective
19. Home Advantage in Cricket
20. Home Advantage in Basketball
21. Home Advantage in Handball
22. Home Advantage in Futsal
23. Home Advantage in Water Polo
24. Home Advantage in Volleyball
25. Individual Home Advantage with Individual Data
26. Home Advantage in Racket Sports: An Example from Professional Tennis and Badminton
27. Home Advantage in Combat Sports
28. Home Advantage in Golf
29. Home Advantage in US professional Sports
30. Home Advantage in Summer and Winter Olympic Games
31. Home Advantage in Minor Sports
32. Home Advantage in Para-sports