On the Issue of Developing Creative Players in Team Sports: A Systematic Review and Critique From a Functional Perspective.

ABSTRACT: Driven by the practical goal of developing creative players, several approaches to training creativity have been proposed and underpinned by empirical studies in sport science. However, the scope of these studies encompasses various aspects, which have all been subsumed under the singular label of "creativity." Therefore, this systematic review aims to disentangle the pursued lines of thought in order to facilitate the derivation of well-grounded recommendations for sports practice. To this end, 38 studies are presented and characterized in terms of their underlying conceptualizations and measures of creativity. In most studies, creativity is conceptualized as a player's domain-specific divergent thinking (DT) ability, reflected by individual differences in the number, variety and original

SUBMITTER: Zahno S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658096 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature