Seven Kinds of Decisions Sports Coaches Make
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2023-01-01
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Strategies
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Informa UK Limited
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School of BioSciences
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Anatomy and Neuroscience
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Post, G. & van Gelder, T. (2023). Seven Kinds of Decisions Sports Coaches Make. Strategies, 36 (5), pp.24-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/08924562.2023.2238297.
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This article presents typology of coaching decisions based on the kinds of cognitive processes involved, with the aim of helping coaches improve their decisions by helping them better understand the many kinds of decisions they make. The typology has seven primary types – Snap, Simulation, Rule, Metaphor, Analogy, Story, and Pros and Cons – and another special type, Meta. The authors briefly describe each decision type and list some of their strengths and pitfalls.