Jean-Grancis Grehaigne is Professor of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences at the University Institute for Teacher Education of Franche-Comte at Besancon in France.Jean-François Richard is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.Linda L. Griffin is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

• Part I: Performance in Team Sports 1: Classifying, Defining, and Analyzing Team Sports and Games 2: The Systemic Nature of Team Sports 3: The internal logic of team sports 4: Decision making in team sports 5: The player's tactical knowledge 6: The analysis of play in team sports 7: Performance assessment in team sports 8: An Introduction to the Team-Sport Assessment Procedure and the Game Part II: The Teaching-Learning Process in Team Sports 9: Underlying theories in the teaching-learning process of games and sports 10: Constructing team sport knowledge 11: Critical issues in the teaching of team sports 12: Research and Development