Gaining or losing team ball possession: The dynamics of momentum perception and strategic choice in football coaches

Grounded in the dynamical systems approach, the present research examined the influence of team ball possession (TBP) in soccer on coaches' perceived psychological momentum (PM) and strategic choice (i.e., game-based "stick" vs. "switch" choices) during a simulated match. Experienced soccer coaches imagined being the coach of the team involved in a highly important match that was displayed on a wall in a lecture hall. The match scenario was manipulated so that the coach was exposed to either a positive momentum sequence (i.e., ascending scenario of TBP) or a negative momentum sequence (i.e., descending scenario of TBP). Results revealed that positive (or negative) momentum sequence increased (or decreased) perceived PM and increased stick (or switch) choices. Perceived PM globally evolved linearly, while strategic choice displayed a dynamical pattern of "critical boundary" (thus showing a nonlinear change). Nonetheless, both variables displayed asymmetrical effects, in the sense that: (1) the strength of positive PM appeared to be easier to decrease than to increase; and (2) the greater the positive PM (or the negative PM), the lesser (or the greater) the coaches' tendency to make a change in the organization of their teams. This investigation evidences that TBP can powerfully influence coaches' perceptions and strategic decisions, and that coaches are more likely to be sensitive to negative events than to equivalent positive events.Scopu

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Science & Football: Recherches et Connaissances Actuelles

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Expertise and implicit memory : differential repetition priming effects on decision making in experienced and inexperienced soccer players

Présentation par deux fois d'images de situations de jeu de football dans lequel il est demandé au participant de choisir l'action appropriée à prendre par le joueur. La seconde présentation comprend pour moitié des images identiques et pour l'autre des images symétriques de la même situation

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Instructional Efficiency of Static and Animated Soccer Scenes: An Expertise Reversal Effect

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The emotions joy and anger as part of the psychological momentum in soccer coaches during game management

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Mémoire de travail et mémoire implicite : influence de l'expertise en situation de prise de décision en football

Debû Bettina, Zoudji Bachir, Thon Bernard. Mémoire de travail et mémoire implicite : influence de l'expertise en situation de prise de décision en football. In: Les Cahiers de l'INSEP, n°34, 2003. Expertise et sport de haut niveau. pp. 229-233

Influence du type d'action et de latéralisation sur la prise de décision chez les experts et novices en situation de jeu de football simulée

Zoudji Bachir, Debû Bettina, Thon Bernard. Influence du type d'action et de latéralisation sur la prise de décision chez les experts et novices en situation de jeu de football simulée. In: Les Cahiers de l'INSEP, n°34, 2003. Expertise et sport de haut niveau. pp. 353-357