Shared Situational Awareness in a Professional Soccer Team: An Explorative Analysis of Post-Performance Interviews

Gaute S. Schei and Rune Giske
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Gaute S. Schei: Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, University of Agder, 4630 Kristiansand, Norway
Rune Giske: Department of Education and Sports Science, University of Stavanger, 4021 Stavanger, Norway

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 24, 1-16

Abstract: Sport science research has done little to elaborate on the cognitive factors that turn a collection of individual players into a coordinated elite team. The purpose of this paper is to clarify if the players and coach of an elite soccer team express shared situational awareness. Ten players and one coach were exposed to twelve video pictures from a previous soccer match, and their statements for each picture were recorded and analyzed using a qualitative approach. Two of five game situations were with ball possession and three out of seven were without ball possession; the player statements are contradictory, with a high threat for inadequate coordination. In seven of the twelve game situations, the players’ statements coincided and expressed a shared situational awareness, with good opportunities for adequate defensive and offensive coordination. In two of the game situations, there was a high threat for inadequate coordination. There was consensus among 9 out of 10 players, but the player with the divergent statement was central in the situation. The procedure followed in the study could be used to elucidate if a team has shared situational awareness and clarify in which situations there exists discrepancies and data that can be used to improve team coordination on and off the field.

Keywords: team performance; coordination; situational assessment; qualitative interview (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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