Explore by Decision Making
The perception-and-choice layer — reading the game, choosing, and coping under pressure.
What this is
Decision-making is the perception-and-choice layer of sport: reading the game, choosing between options, and coping with the demands of pressure.
Why it matters
Great performances are as much about good decisions as good technique. This dimension makes the thinking side of sport explorable and links it to communication, coaching and the sports it appears in.
How to explore it
Browse reading, choosing and pressure concepts, then cross into communication and coaching, and down into the skills and tactics the decisions govern.
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Decision making
- Reading spaceSeeing where space is — and is not — on the field or court, and using it to decide where to move, pass or play.
- Reading an opponentPicking up an opponent's cues — stance, weight, positioning and habits — to sense what they are likely to do and decide how to respond.
- Situational awarenessHolding an overall picture of what is happening around you — teammates, opponents, ball, space and the state of the game — and keeping it updated as play unfolds.
- Pattern recognitionNoticing recurring shapes and sequences in play, and using that familiarity to make sense of a situation more readily.
- AnticipationForming an expectation of what is likely to happen next, and starting to prepare for it before it does.
Practice & sessions
Glossary
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- Atlas dimension
- Provenance
- Tier A — evergreen educational
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- Content updated
- 2026-07-13
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