Module 3
Team sociogram
The invisible structure of your squad, in one picture.
Every squad has a second structure that never appears on a match report: who looks for whom on the fast break, who you turn to after a missed shot, whose voice carries in the dressing room. The team sociogram captures that structure through seven short questions each player answers in three minutes, and makes it visible, including the players nobody names. Individual nominations stay anonymous; you see the overall picture, never who picked whom.
What's included
Everything this module covers, at a glance.
- Seven dimensions per player: task, social, leadership, trust, motivation, communication and defensive partnership
- Three switchable representations: tiers for the structure, target for proximity to the team, impact chains for the starting point
- Filter by dimension: the same squad sorted by leadership or defence gives a different picture
- Players with few mentions are visible – as a reason to observe and talk, not as a label
- Network metrics: density, reciprocity and detected cliques
- Three surveys per season show whether an intervention worked
- Anonymous survey: Neither coach nor teammates see individual nominations
Recommended actions for you as a coach
Concrete: what you see in the data and what you do about it.
Notice early who is rarely mentioned
A player receives just one nomination across all seven dimensions.
Observe in training, have an open one-to-one conversation and use changing small groups across the team. A buddy is optional and is asked, not assigned.
Raise the captaincy question
Leadership nominations converge on a player who is not the official captain.
Make the tasks explicit in the team: who speaks during time-outs, who calls the defence. Talk openly about who takes on responsibility informally instead of working against it.
Train coordination in defence
Only a few players are named in the defence question.
Train coordination in rotating pairs, 10 minutes per session over four weeks. Coordination in the inner block does not come from the fixture list.
Prove that an intervention worked
After the winter break you want to know whether the buddy system changed anything.
Compare survey 2 with survey 1: rising network density and reciprocity are the evidence, or the signal that you need to adjust.
Preview
Sample data from an example squad. This is how the evaluation looks in your coach dashboard.
Three layers instead of rings: the top carries, the bottom depends. Every player gets their own spot.
Sample squad with demo data. In your team these are the real names and nominations.
Defence: train coordination across the whole team
What you see
In the defence question, 5 of 10 players were named. This evaluation deliberately does not show who wants to play next to whom: the picks stay anonymous.
What you do
- 1.
Train defensive coordination in rotating pairs, 10 min per session for 4 weeks, so everyone plays with several partners.
- 2.
Watch a defensive sequence on video together and talk about calls, not about individual players.
Is this a fit for your team?
Let's talk briefly: I look at your squad, your league and your goals and tell you honestly which modules make sense and which don't.