This chapter examines the cognitive-perceptual processes that support tactical creativity in sports. It starts by describing the importance of creativity in high-performance settings, where athletes are required to come up with innovative and practical solutions in fast-paced, time-pressure scenarios. The ability to make adaptable and innovative decisions that are appropriate across particular game situations is known as tactical creativity. Perception, attention, anticipation, working memory, intelligence, and expert knowledge are among the important cognitive-perceptual processes that are examined in this chapter. Based on research findings across mostly team ball sports, it highlights how more creative athletes use better visual search strategies, anticipate future events more accurately, manage information in working memory, and combine their domain-specific intelligence and experience to produce more innovative behaviours. It discusses how these processes interact, emphasising how they all work together to support original and effective decision-making under pressure. Lastly, practical implications for coaching include designing training to enhance perceptual-cognitive skills that support tactical creativity. Future research should examine neural correlates of creativity and use advanced technologies to capture these processes in ecologically valid settings. This chapter contributes to a growing body of work highlighting the importance of cognitive-perceptual skills in the development of tactical creativity.