Cohesion In Sport Flashcards
Define cohesion
The tendency for individuals to work together to achieve their goals, the forces that keep the group members on task.
Define co-action
When others do the same task at the same time but separately
Define interaction
When a group works together to produce results
What are Carron’s Antcendents
- Environmental factors - group size, age
- Personal factors - group similarities, gender
- Team factors - ability, stability
- Leadership factors - leader style
What are the 2 types of cohesion?
- Task cohesion - individuals working together to achieve an end result
- Social cohesion - individuals relating to each other to interact with the group
What can social cohesion cause within teams?
Cliques
What is cohesion affected by?
- communication
- past success
- personality
- sharing common goals
- size of group
- unequal pay or rewards
What is a lack of cohesion caused by?
- poor tactics
- lack of communication
- misunderstanding of roles
- bad timing
- social loafing
Explain AP = PP - FP
Steiners model (1972)
Actual productivity = potential productivity - faulty processes
What are faulty processes?
Factors that go wrong and reduce cohesiveness
What is potential productivity?
Maximum capability when at optimal cohesiveness
Define social loafing
Individual loss of motivation in a team player due to lack of performance identification when individual efforts are not recognised.
What is the Ringlemann effect?
When group performance decreases with group size.
How can a coach avoid social loafing?
- reward players
- give players specific roles within the team
- use goal setting
- use video analysis and feedback
- vary practice to maintain motivation
