ABSTRACT
In team sports, decision making requires, on the part of each player and the coach, an as-muchas-possible rational knowledge of elements of the sport and of events that occur during game play. The internal logic of team sports is presented as a basis for appreciating different analysis approaches. Two main categories of analyses are considered: static and dynamic, the second one being sub-divided into dynamic representational pictures, statistics of game play, and numerical performance indicators. Given the collective connotation of performance analysis considered in the chapter, configurations of play are seen as a central element to be used in the observation of game play and subsequent collective decision making.
