KINE 4520 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Team Dynamics, Goal Setting, Shared Belief
21 May 2013
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Team dynamics is key in motivating and supporting athletes. A team is more than just a group. It is a coordinated ensemble that cooperates to achieve a common goal that overrides individual achievement. Individual effort is needed for teamwork but it is not enough. Team members include the athletes, coaches, and other professionals. Individual team sport/coacting teams sports that a cumulative performance of individual athlete determines team success; ex. Building team cohesion can have a strong effect even in coacting teams. Dynamics of the team are effected by individual athlete behaviour in terms of leadership, attitude, and performance. A team first begins as just a collection of individuals. After continuous association a collective identity begins to form. Characterized by a shared sense of purpose and structured patterns of behaviour, interaction, and communication. The idea of a team has changed; it is now characterized by: Consensus that the group goal has precedence over individual goals.
