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  • Sports Science
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Dynamical Systems Theory

Background:

  • Sports science encompasses diverse, often incommensurate disciplines.
  • Traditional approaches may struggle to unify these fields.
  • A need exists for a common framework to synthesize sports science research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a method for integrating disparate sports science disciplines.
  • To establish a common, pluricontextual language for sports science.
  • To demonstrate how dynamical systems approaches can unify sports science.

Main Methods:

  • Defining dynamic integration in living systems.
  • Analyzing commonalities across different levels and timescales in biological and social entities.
  • Reviewing scientific contributions utilizing dynamical systems principles in diverse fields.

Main Results:

  • Dynamical systems offer key concepts for a common language in sports science.
  • This integration respects theoretical and experimental pluralism.
  • The dynamic framework blurs boundaries between physiology, biomechanics, psychology, phenomenology, and sociology.

Conclusions:

  • A softly integrated sports science is achievable through a dynamic explanatory backbone.
  • This approach allows for context-dependent theoretical flexibility.
  • Dynamical systems provide a unified perspective for sports science research, enhancing synthesis and understanding.