Head Think to Gut Feel.

The key thing for young coaches is to work out what their decision-making process is, back it in, and probably have some guidelines in place around why they make the decisions.

As they progress through and see a lot of those situations unfold, decision-making will become a bit more instinctive for them. It becomes a lot more gut feel.

Expert coaches have seen so many things time and time again, they will instinctively react and say, 'I know this works; we can do this'.  

An example might be a coach going into his first Grand Final not sure how to address the media and what to put out and what to hold back.

Mick Malthouse, meanwhile, knows clearly what he's going to say and how he's going to address all those press conferences he's going to face.

You can only gain that experience over time, so it's good to have some guidelines in place.

- John Worsfold, AFL Captain, Premiership Player and Coach

Good decision making is a deliberate process of inquiry that advances you towards where you want to be.

Over time, that deliberate process moves from your head think to your gut feel, freeing space in your head for more deliberation. And so on.

You can’t explain your gut decision but you can explain your process that formed it.