The importance of shared understanding within football teams.

Malone, Michael K.; Lorimer, Ross

Abstract

Within a football team, it is vital for coaches to acknowledge the importance of their players having the knowledge of what is required in specific roles in the team and what their other team members are likely to do in certain situations. This mutual knowledge can be defined as shared understanding – the ability for two or more people to have similar thoughts in specific situations based on their experience together. This paper considers what shared understanding is, its importance within team sports like football and the positive implications for teams who have players with accurate shared understanding. This paper provides practical suggestions for how coaches can develop shared understanding within their team.

Citation

MALONE, M.K. and LORIMER, R. 2020. The importance of shared understanding within football teams. Journal of sport psychology in action [online], 11(3), pages 196-210. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2020.1760982

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 23, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 13, 2020
• Publication Date: Sep 30, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jun 15, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: May 14, 2021
• Journal: Journal of sport psychology in action
• Print ISSN: 2152-0704
• Electronic ISSN: 2152-0712
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 196-210
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2020.1760982
• Keywords: Athlete-athlete dyads; Coordination; Football; Shared understanding; Sports psychology
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/930001