The ingredients of a decision-maker.


Quotes from coaches and managers in the game.


1. “I think that they have the ability to weigh up a situation and make a decision which is the best decision in the situation, but also a decision that they’re actually capable of carrying out”.


2. “Their focus is on what’s important, distractions don’t come in. There’s a clarity about how they perceive what’s happening – they do it very early and they can manipulate their decision again and again and again”.


3. “They assess the environment quickly, see things before other players, think ahead and can make early decisions”.


4. “The circumference of what they see: recognising space, distances and seeing things early”.


5. “All the great players I worked with had that ‘mental slickness”.


6. “The best players instinctively, spontaneously do things that work”.


7. “You can make the right decision but if you’re not technically competent, it looks as if you’ve made the wrong decision. So the right decision can only be taken by a player in the context of what he can do and therefore has got to be based on what is possible”.


“There’s a clarity about how they perceive what’s happening – they do it very early and they can manipulate their decision again and again.”


8. “The better players start to recognise quicker as youngsters what gets them success”.


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