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background sports intelligence was first conceptualised by fisher in 1984 and suggested that it comprised of a sport participant having the ability to search and detect relevant cues, identify patterns of play and behaviours, utilise short and long term memory and recall, make effective decisions and possess a baseline level of knowledge about sport specific tasks. (fisher, c. (1984). sport intelligence. in w. strub, & j. williams (eds.), cognitive sport psychology. ny: lansing.) about a decade later, tenenbaum and bar-eli (1993) built on this by adding that cognitive processes such as the ability to select, process and retrieve information during game time facilitated better decision making. (tenenbaum, g., & bar-eli, m. (1993). decision-making in sport: a cognitive perspective. in r. singer, m. murphy, & l. tennant (eds.), handbook on research in sport psychology (vol. 1, pp. 171-192). new york, ny: mcmillan.) gould, diffenbach and moffet (2002) researched the psychological charac