Good Decision Making - What does it mean?

[SHURN]

The inability to make a 'good decision' has been targeted at a number of our players this year and I'd like clarification.

I'm finding 'Good decision making' difficult in definition but unmistakable when viewed plain.

I understand match context has a huge bearing on a 'good decision' and hindsight is a wonderful thing but is it possible to distill this trait into unwritten law?

Who do we consider our best decision makers and why?

What do these players consistently do that put our team to advantage?

What players top the league in decision making?

What training is done at professional level to strengthen this elusive skill?

 

[billy ransom]

1. Dumping Ash Hansen

 

[anti.]

good question, i suppose its to do with a player's composure and poise under pressure.

at the moment the majority of our younger guys look rushed, causing mistakes. confidence, body strength and general poise would be contributers to making a correct or incorrect decision.

looking at a player like hurn, he is big, strong and can kick the ball long and accurately. he has confidence in his kicking and ability to break tackles or burst away. this allows more time, meaning better decisions.

compare to masten, he has a small frame and a non-penetrating kick (OP i guess). he is pushed off the ball much easier and he has much less time on the ball. he usually resorts to quick fire handballs to the closest team-mate to him. he is an in and under player though, compared to hurn in the backline.

its hard to put a finger on but i suppose its all to do with experience and confidence.

 

[bigburger]

Hitting the tit to a man in space.

 

[Bacchus]

The inability to make a 'good decision' has been targeted at a number of our players this year and I'd like clarification.

I'm finding 'Good decision making' difficult in definition but unmistakable when viewed plain.

I understand match context has a huge bearing on a 'good decision' and hindsight is a wonderful thing but is it possible to distill this trait into unwritten law?

Who do we consider our best decision makers and why?

What do these players consistently do that put our team to advantage?

What players top the league in decision making?

What training is done at professional level to strengthen this elusive skill?

Pretty sure it's about choosing the best option. Don't kick to a two on one against situation, or a four on one, don't handball to a guy under pressure, realising when to kick long, when to kick short, when to go for goal, when to run off your player, all that sort of thing. Like Lynch shouldn't have kicked long in a certain situation last week.

 

[Lucev23]

Are there any players that we have drafted in the last.... say 5 years that were renowned for their good disposal and good decision making?

 

[anti.]

hurn.

 

[KamakazeSalami]

This is an excellent question.

I think what we see as good decision making is dependent on two things - being able to read the play (an inate ability to see things unfolding before it happens almost... this comes from the ability to soak in a lot of information quickly, crunch the data, do the analysis, come up with the best option) AND the skill to execute. By themselves each of these abilities are not as effective, however, together they are deadly.

Plenty of highly skilled players who can hit someone on the tit, and this is extremely useful but without true ability to read the play its not as dangerous as it could be. Conversely, plenty of players who might be able to read the play but can't execute because of poor skills and so we don't get to see their creativity come to the fore.

I think the good decision makers (play readers and skill executors) demand more from their team mates in terms of their positioning and movement. And I don't mean by pointing and waving to their teammates about where to go. They kick/handball or move the ball to dangerous places and demand their teammates to get to those contests by disposing such that it gives their teammates the chance to do what they could see happening even before their teammate did.

 

[weagles_fan]

I see it as kicking/hand passing to the team mate that first:
1. Has the most space, then if this category is covered by more than 1 player
2. Give it the team mate closest to goal

If goal kicking is included then when under a 50% chance of kicking the goal passing it off to a player which has filled category number 1.

 

[James_Hutchy]

Hitting the tit to a man in space.

^^
and the best at it would be hurn.

 

[joeyavalanche]

Our players, everytime they have the ball need to make the decision with

1. the highest % of it working out
2. the fastest option
3. the best avenue to goal

 

[Eagle Number1000]

Is a player thats smart, doesn't stuff up and always uses the ball to our advantage= S Hurn is the best for WCE
S Higgins-Bulldogs is the best with good decision making in the comp at the moment.