Home Advantage in Sport

Miguel A. Gómez-Ruano is associate professor at the Universidad Politécnica 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-Peñas is full professor at the University of Vigo, Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Vigo, Spain.

• Section 1: Theory of Home Advantage in Sports1. The Home Advantage Phenomenon in Sport: History and Development2. Long-term Trends and Geographical Perspectives of Home Advantage3. Science Mapping: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Home Advantage Phenomenon in Sport4. The Assessment and Quantification of the Home Advantage Effect5. Home Sweet Home: Theoretical Explanations on Why the Local Stadium and Local Environment Affects the Performance of Home and Away Teams6. Crowd Effects, Territoriality and Home Advantage: A Sociological Explanation7. My Home is (Not Always) My Castle: Advantageous and Adverse Psychological Effects of Playing at Home8. Physiological Basis for Home AdvantageSection 2: Effects of Home Advantage in Sports9. 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’ Decisions12. The influence of Travel in the Home Advantage Effect13. 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 PlaySection 3: Home Advantage Applied to Specific Sports17. Home Advantage in Soccer18. Is Playing at Home Really an Advantage? An Australian Football, Rugby League and Rugby Union perspective19. Home Advantage in Cricket20. Home Advantage in Basketball21. Home Advantage in Handball22. Home Advantage in Futsal23. Home Advantage in Water Polo 24. Home Advantage in Volleyball25. Individual Home Advantage with Individual Data26. Home Advantage in Racket Sports: An Example from Professional Tennis and Badminton27. Home Advantage in Combat Sports28. Home Advantage in Golf29. Home Advantage in US professional Sports 30. Home Advantage in Summer and Winter Olympic Games31. Home Advantage in Minor Sports32. Home Advantage in Para-sports