Developing decision-making
To develop this area, drills that exposure a performer to the kinds of decisions made in a performance are used – much like the scenario approach used to develop creativity.
Approach: Decision-making drills
Providing alternatives of where to shoot at goal can help develop decision-making
Drills would be set up where options or alternatives were introduced requiring the performer to make decisions about what the best response would be. This might be to offer two or more possible solutions to shooting at goal, getting past an opponent, getting free from a marker or even passing the ball.
In this practice situation, the performer has to reflect on whether the decision taken proved correct or not. This encourages the performer to evaluate if they would take the same decision in a similar situation.
| Approach | Organisation | Progression and challenge |
| Decision-making drills | Set up drills where the performer has different decisions to make while practicing. | Include more performance problems so that more decisions have to be made more quickly. In tennis, a drill which used two feeders playing the ball to two different areas of the court would mean the performer has to make different decisions in a pressurised situation. |
| Approach | Decision-making drills |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Set up drills where the performer has different decisions to make while practicing. |
| Progression and challenge | Include more performance problems so that more decisions have to be made more quickly. In tennis, a drill which used two feeders playing the ball to two different areas of the court would mean the performer has to make different decisions in a pressurised situation. |
More guides on this topic
- Knowledge and understanding - Mental factors
- Knowledge and understanding - Emotional factors
- Knowledge and understanding - Social factors
- Knowledge and understanding - Physical factors
- Key planning information
- Performance development - Emotional factors
- Performance development - Social factors
- Performance development - Physical factors
- Investigating performance
- Tracking and Assessing Progress
