There is something that separates the really good from the magnificent. Very little sport psychology research has addressed this topic, so excuse me for going out on a limb this month.
Creativity involves coming up with many possible solutions to a single problem.
The opposite of creativity is rigidity or closed-minded thinking. Perhaps you know folks who remain hopelessly fixed in their way of thinking - always viewing things from only one perspective. In my opinion, these people limit their potential for performance. What is creative tomorrow is often unknown today. For example, athletes with fluency of ideas imagine many competitive scenarios and how to deal with them most effectively.