竞赛是体育运动的突出特点，凡是竞赛都会有胜负之分。一方为了取胜另一方，除了掌握熟练的运动技能外，还必须有合理的体育战术。体育运动竞赛的诞生，同时也就产生了体育运动竞赛的战术。随着社会的发展与进步，体育运动竞赛水平也在不断地进步和发展，于是也就产生了体育运动竞赛的战术思想体系、战术理论、战术方法及战术训练。体育运动竞赛战术已成为体育运动竞赛取胜极为重要的因素，有时可能成为决定性因素。在体育运动研究领域内，对体育战术的研究极为丰富，但就目前而言，还仅限于单项运动项目竞赛战术的研究，对体育战术的整体研究不多，而且大都是局限在竞赛实战中战术方法的研究，所以缺乏全面性和系统性。对体育运动战术进行全面、系统、科学的研究，是现代竞技体育运动发展的需要。由南华大学体育教学研究部青年教师符巍老师主编的《体育运动战术概论》一书，从体育战术的研究对象、内容和方法等方面较为全面地对体育战术进行了论述，对体育战术的发展和研究具有积极的意义。(Competition is a highlight of sports since every competition has its winner(s).To defeat the others, the participants should master the sports skills and reasonable tactics.The birth of sports competitions gives rises to relevant tactics.Social development drives the improvement of sports competitions, which brings the tactical concepts, theories, measures and trainings.Tactics have played a key or decisive role in sports competitions.Regardless of abundant researches on the sports tactics, the focus is only paid to the individual events for now. The overall researches on sports tactics are rare, and most of them are restricted to the methods in practices, showing the lack of comprehensiveness and systematicness.The development of modern competitive sports requires comprehensive, systematic and scientific research on tactics.The book makes overall discussions on in the tactical objects, contents and methods and has active significance in the development and research of sports tactics.)