ABSTRACT
The current chapter takes a general look at research processes that are used during independent research projects. Methodologies, data types as well as the ontological, epistemological and praxeology assumptions of alternative approaches are discussed. Sports performance analysis is a discipline of sport and exercise science concerned with actual sports performance. The chapter commences by describing the wider discipline of sports performance analysis before focussing on research methods in the area. Traditional observational studies, qualitative research studies and intervention studies are all described in the next section before the chapter continues with a discussion of the underlying assumptions of different research processes.
