Cohesion → Performance Link 📈🏆
- Strong POSITIVE relationship! ✅
- Task cohesion matters MORE than social cohesion! 🎯>😊
- Interactive sports (volleyball 🏐, basketball 🏀) = STRONGER effect!
- Coactive sports (bowling 🎳, archery 🎯) = weaker effect
Which Causes Which? 🐔🥚
- BIDIRECTIONAL! Goes both ways! ↔️
- Cohesion → Better performance 📈
- Winning → Feel more united! 🏆→🤝
- Losing → Lower cohesion 😢→👥↓
Tuckman's 4 Stages of Team Development 📈🔄
- Forming 🎉: Excitement of new team! Happy to be together!
- Storming ⚡: Struggles and frustrations! Conflicts happen!
- Norming 🤝: Agreeing on common goals! Finding balance!
- Performing 🏆: Cohesive unit ready to WIN!
10 Ways to Build Cohesion 🛠️📋
- Teach players EACH OTHER'S responsibilities! 📚
- Learn something PERSONAL about each athlete! ❤️
- Develop PRIDE within sub-units! 💪
- Foster feeling of "OWNERSHIP"! 🏠
- Set TEAM GOALS & celebrate accomplishments! 🎯🎉
- Ensure each player knows their ROLE! 📋
- Do NOT demand complete social peace! 🤝≠😇
- Avoid CLIQUES! 👥❌
- Team drills encourage COOPERATION! 🤝
- Highlight SUCCESS even in losses! 🌟
Two Team Building Approaches 🛠️👥
- Direct 🎯: Sport psychologist works directly with athletes
- Indirect 👨🏫: Train coaches who then work with team
Key Takeaways 🔑
- Cohesion and winning go BOTH ways! ↔️
- Teams go through stages: Form → Storm → Norm → Perform! 📈
- Task cohesion > Social cohesion for performance! 🎯
- Use the 10 strategies to build unity! 💪