Selecting players for a team is one of the most important and recurring decisions sport coaches regularly make, with consequences for athletes, teams, and coaches. Despite this, relatively little is known about the information coaches use to make team selection decisions. In response to this, the following scoping review aims to (1) present literature that can offer an insight into the information coaches use to make team selection decisions and (2) provide a platform from which researchers, practitioners, and coaches can explore this crucial but often taken-for-granted decision. The systematic literature search was conducted following guidelines set out by PRISMA. Given the small number of studies found, the extant literature fails to fully answer the question of why some players are selected and others are not. Results are therefore discussed in light of key theoretical approaches to decision making (i.e., information processing, naturalistic decision-making, and ecological psychology) to demonstrate the value of adopting each in specific instances in order to further our understanding of coaches’ team selection decisions.
Permanent link to this resource: https://doi.org/10.24384/kkm5-km02
Fiander, Matthew (Oxford Brookes) Stebbing, JulietteCoulson, MarkPhelan, Simon (Oxford Brookes)
Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work
Year: 2021
Published by Oxford Brookes University