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Geir Jordet

Professor Department of Sport and Social Sciences
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Email
geirj@nih.no
Phone
+47 23 26 24 18
Mobile phone
+47 90 78 02 50

Background and experience

Working with several types of questions related to football (soccer) and psychology, and have published in areas such as perception, mental training methods in football and performing under different types of pressure (e.g., the penalty shootout). Has also written a book about using the methods of sport in business.

Research

Football (soccer), Sport psychology, Performing and choking under pressure, Development of expertise.

Projects

Publications

  • Bespomoshchnov, Vladislav; Mallett, Clifford J.; Martel, Ken & Jordet, Geir (2026). Understanding scanning and development of perceptual expertise: A qualitative study using eye-tracking methodology. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2026.2691495. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lian, Ingrid; Gjesdal, Siv; Fletcher, Yanique & Jordet, Geir (2026). Body language on the pitch: insights into soccer players’ nonverbal behavior at the FIFA men’s World Cup 2022. Frontiers in Psychology. 16. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1699943. Full text in Research Archive
  • Lian, Ingrid; Gjesdal, Siv & Jordet, Geir (2025). Body language in elite soccer: comparing tactical and emotional nonverbal expressions using different video sources for investigation. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. ISSN 1612-197X. doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2025.2453808. Full text in Research Archive
  • Caso, Simone; Furley, Philip & Jordet, Geir (2025). Using video-notational analysis to examine soccer players’ behaviours. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. ISSN 1612-197X. doi: 10.1080/1612197X.2025.2477165. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pokolm, Marius; Kirchhain, Marie; Müller, Daniel; Jordet, Geir & Memmert, Daniel (2023). Head movement direction in football - a field study on visual scanning activity during the UEFA-U17 and -U21 European Championship 2019. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 41(7), p. 695–705. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2023.2235160. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pokolm, Marius; Rein, Robert; Müller, Daniel; Nopp, Stephan; Kirchhain, Marie & Aksum, Karl Marius [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Modeling Players' Scanning Activity in Football. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). ISSN 0895-2779. 44(4), p. 263–271. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2020-0299. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aksum, Karl Marius; Brotangen, Lars; Bjørndal, Christian T.; Magnaguagno, Lukas & Jordet, Geir (2021). Scanning activity of elite football players in 11 vs. 11 match play: An eye-tracking analysis on the duration and visual information of scanning. PLOS ONE. 16(8). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244118. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aksum, Karl Marius; Pokolm, Marius; Bjørndal, Christian T.; Rein, Robert; Memmert, Daniel & Jordet, Geir (2021). Scanning activity in elite youth football players. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2021.1935115. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir; Aksum, Karl Marius; Pedersen, Daniel Nordheim; Walvekar, Anup; Trivedi, Arjav & McCall, Alan [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Scanning, Contextual Factors, and Association With Performance in English Premier League Footballers: An Investigation Across a Season. Frontiers in Psychology. 11(2020). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553813. Full text in Research Archive
  • McGuckian, Thomas; Cole, Michael; Chalkley, Daniel; Jordet, Geir & Pepping, Gert-Jan (2020). Constraints on visual exploration of youth football players during 11v11 match-play: The influence of playing role, pitch position and phase of play. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 38(6), p. 658–668. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1723375. Full text in Research Archive
  • Aksum, Karl Marius; Magnaguagno, Lukas; Bjørndal, Christian T. & Jordet, Geir (2020). What Do Football Players Look at? An Eye-Tracking Analysis of the Visual Fixations of Players in 11 v 11 Elite Football Match Play. Frontiers in Psychology. 11(2020). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.562995. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tufte, Olaf & Jordet, Geir (2019). Staying at the top in Olympic rowing for 25 years. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 335–342. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-38. Full text in Research Archive
  • Alfano, Helen; Collins, Dave & Jordet, Geir (2019). Working in the jungle : how should elite sport practitioners operate and be developed? In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 374–383. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-43. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir & Pepping, Gert-Jan (2019). Flipping sport psychology theory into practice : a context- and behavior-centered approach. In Cappuccio, Massimiliano L. (Eds.), Handbook of Embodied Cognition and Sport Psychology. MIT Press. ISSN 9780262348171. p. 75–98. Full text in Research Archive
  • Barr, Andy & Jordet, Geir (2019). Keeping them on the pitch. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 133–142. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-15. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2019). Working with psychology in professional football. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 114–132. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-14. Full text in Research Archive
  • Paquet, Frédéric & Jordet, Geir (2019). Managing a professional football club. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 253–257. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-28. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hiddink, Guus & Jordet, Geir (2019). The coach nomad. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 302–309. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-34. Full text in Research Archive
  • Fairchild, Steve & Jordet, Geir (2019). Specialist coaching : coaching quarterbacks in NFL, college and high school. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 58–64. Full text in Research Archive
  • McGuckian, Thomas B.; Cole, Michael H.; Chalkley, Daniel; Jordet, Geir & Pepping, Gert-Jan (2019). Visual Exploration When Surrounded by Affordances: Frequency of Head Movements Is Predictive of Response Speed. Ecological psychology. ISSN 1040-7413. 31(1), p. 30–48. doi: 10.1080/10407413.2018.1495548. Full text in Research Archive
  • Olsen, Egil Roger & Jordet, Geir (2019). Coaching a national team in professional football. In Collins, Dave; Cruickshank, Andrew & Jordet, Geir (Ed.), Routledge handbook of elite sport performance. Routledge. ISSN 9781138290303. p. 31–38. doi: 10.4324/9781315266343-5. Full text in Research Archive
  • McGuckian, Thomas B; Cole, Michael H; Jordet, Geir; Chalkley, Daniel & Pepping, Gert-Jan (2018). Don't turn blind! The relationship between exploration before ball possession and on-ball performance in association football. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02520. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brink, Michel S.; Kuyvenhoven, Jurian P; Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske; Jordet, Geir & Frencken, Wouter G P (2018). What do football coaches want from sport science? Kinesiology. ISSN 1331-1441. 50, p. 150–154. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hofseth, Erik; Pedersen, Julie Voktor; Jordet, Geir & Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske (2017). Shame-coping in professional soccer players : an exploratory interview analysis. International Journal of Sport Psychology. ISSN 0047-0767. 48(2), p. 111–132. doi: 10.7352/ijsp2016.48.211. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hofseth, Erik; Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske; Jordet, Geir & Ivarsson, Andreas (2017). Self-Evaluation of Skills and Performance Level in Youth Elite Soccer: Are Positive Self-Evaluations Always Positive? Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. ISSN 2157-3905. 6(4), p. 370–383. doi: 10.1037/spy0000094. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2016). Psychology and elite soccer performance. In Strudwick, Tony (Eds.), Soccer science. Human Kinetics. ISSN 9781450496797. p. 367–388. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2015). Psychological characteristics of expert performers. In Baker, Joseph & Farrow, Damian (Ed.), Routledge handbook of sport expertise. Routledge. ISSN 9780415839808. p. 106–120. doi: 10.4324/9781315776675-10. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hofseth, Erik; Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske & Jordet, Geir (2015). Shame Proneness, Guilt Proneness, Behavioral Self-Handicapping, and Skill Level: A Mediational Analysis. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. 27(3), p. 359–370. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2015.1014974. Full text in Research Archive
  • Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske & Jordet, Geir (2015). Self-Control in Professional Soccer Players. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. 27(3), p. 335–350. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2015.1010047. Full text in Research Archive
  • Wood, Greg; Jordet, Geir & Wilson, Mark Robert (2015). On winning the “lottery”: psychological preparation for football penalty shoot-outs. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 33(17), p. 1758–1765. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1012103. Full text in Research Archive
  • Haugaasen, Mathias; Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske & Jordet, Geir (2014). From childhood to senior professional football: A multi-level approach to elite youth football players' engagement in football-specific activities. Psychology of Sport And Exercise. ISSN 1469-0292. 15(4), p. 336–344. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2014.02.007. Full text in Research Archive
  • Brink, Michel S.; Frencken, WGP; Jordet, Geir & Lemmink, KAPM (2014). Coaches' and players' perceptions of training dose: Not a perfect match. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance (IJSPP). ISSN 1555-0265. 9(3), p. 497–502. doi: 10.1123/IJSPP.2013-0009. Full text in Research Archive
  • Haugaasen, Mathias; Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske & Jordet, Geir (2014). From childhood to senior professional football: Elite youth players' engagement in non-football activities. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 32(20), p. 1940–1949. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2014.970218. Full text in Research Archive
  • Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske; Jordet, Geir & Ripegutu, Anders (2013). Effective learning among elite football players: The development of a football-specific self-regulated learning questionnaire. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 31(13), p. 1412–1420. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2013.792949. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir & Elferink-Gemser, Marije (2012). Stress, Coping, and Emotions on the World Stage: The Experience of Participating in a Major Soccer Tournament Penalty Shootout. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. 24(1), p. 73–91. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2011.619000. Full text in Research Archive
  • Haugaasen, Mathias & Jordet, Geir (2012). Developing football expertise: a football-specific research review. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. ISSN 1612-197X. 5(2), p. 177–201. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2012.677951. Full text in Research Archive
  • Toering, Tryntsje Tsjitske; Elferink-Gemser, Marije; Jordet, Geir; Pepping, Gert-Jan & Visscher, Chris (2012). Self-regulation of learning and performance level of elite youth soccer players. International Journal of Sport Psychology. ISSN 0047-0767. 43(4), p. 312–325. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir; Hartman, Esther & Vuijk, Pieter Jelle (2012). Team history and choking under pressure in major soccer penalty shootouts. British Journal of Psychology. ISSN 0007-1269. 103(2), p. 268–283. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02071.x. Full text in Research Archive
  • Toering, Tynke; Elferink-Gemser, Marije; Jordet, Geir; Jorna, Casper; Pepping, Gert-Jan & Visscher, Chris (2011). Self-Regulation of Practice Behavior Among Elite Youth Soccer Players: An Exploratory Observation Study. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. 23(1), p. 110–128. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2010.534544. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2011). Performing under pressure: What can we learn from football penalty shoot-outs? Sport & Exercise Psychology Review. ISSN 1745-4980. 7(2), p. 11–13. Full text in Research Archive
  • Moll, Tjerk; Jordet, Geir & Pepping, Gert-Jan (2010). Emotional contagion in soccer penalty shootouts: Celebration of individual success is associated with ultimate team success. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 28(9), p. 983–992. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2010.484068. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2010). Choking under pressure as self-destructive behavior. In Nicholls, Adam R. (Eds.), Coping in sport : theory, methods and related constructs. Nova Science Publishers. ISSN 9781608764884. p. 239–259. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir; Hartman, Esther & Sigmundstad, Einar (2009). Temporal links to performing under pressure in international soccer penalty shootouts. Psychology of Sport And Exercise. ISSN 1469-0292. 10(6), p. 621–627. doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.03.004. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2009). Why do English players fail in soccer penalty shootouts? A study of team status, self-regulation, and choking under pressure. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 27(2), p. 97–106. doi: 10.1080/02640410802509144. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2009). When Superstars Flop: Public Status and Choking Under Pressure in International Soccer Penalty Shootouts. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. 21(2), p. 125–130. doi: 10.1080/10413200902777263. Full text in Research Archive
  • Toering, T.T.; Elferink-Gemser, M.T; Jordet, Geir & Visscher, C. (2009). Self-regulation and performance level of elite and non-elite youth soccer players. Journal of Sports Sciences. ISSN 0264-0414. 27(14), p. 1509–1517. doi: 10.1080/02640410903369919. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir & Hartman, Esther (2008). Avoidance motivation and choking under pressure in soccer penalty shootouts. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology (JSEP). ISSN 0895-2779. 30(4), p. 450–457. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2005). Perceptual training in soccer: An imagery intervention study with elite players. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. ISSN 1041-3200. 17(2), p. 140–156. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2003). Læring av perseptuell ekspertise i fotball : en økologisk tilnærming. ?. 1(2), p. 133–147. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir & Moe, Vegard Fusche (2002). Philosophical consultancy with professional athletes. In Herrestad, Henning; Holt, Anders & Helge, Svare (Ed.), Philosophy in society. Unipub forlag. p. 25–34. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jordet, Geir (2002). It's what up here that counts : winning the mental game of soccer [Book review]. The Sport Psychologist. ISSN 0888-4781. 16(4), p. 337–339. Full text in Research Archive

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