Emotional Intelligence Training in Team Sports

Emotional Intelligence & Team Performance: Does Training Matter?

Game Intelligence in Team Sports

We set up a game theoretic framework to analyze a wide range of situations from team sports. A fundamental idea is the concept of potential; the probability of the offense scoring the next goal minus the probability that the next goal is made by the defense. We develop categorical as well as continuous models, and obtain optimal strategies for both offense and defense. A main result is that the...

the survey of emotional intelligence in male and female elite athletes in individual and team sports

emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and manage self-emotions and others' emotions and includes the intelligent use of emotions. this study aimed at investigating the emotional intelligence in male and female elite athletes in team and individual sport fields. the sample consisted of 62 female elite athletes and 74 male elite athletes selected from different individual and t...

Do Combat Sports Develop Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional intelligence, neuroticism, and extroversion were studied in boxers, judokas, and non-athlete controls. The results based on the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale and Eysenck Personality Inventory showed that in understanding their own emotions boxers scored higher than judokas and controls (effect sizes d=.72, and .47). In appraising others’ emotions boxers and judokas did not...

Embedding emotional intelligence into military training contexts

Even the most junior Warfighters must effectively interact and negotiate with locals from communities that do not share their religious beliefs, social perspectives or customs. These cultural differences introduce a layer of uncertainty into chaotic operational contexts that are marked by moments of intense stress, and often contribute to strong emotional responses such as anxiety or anger. Unc...