Sports Coaching Pedagogy Presentation, By Michael Sydney, u3052645

1. Effects of team
Cohesion on Team
Performance

2. O The best and most memorable results and
performances will be seen when it’s team
cohesion is at its peak.

3. O 1. Team cohesion and it’s effect on team
performance.
O 2. Coaching styles and its effects on team
cohesion.

4. O “dynamic process that is reflected in the
tendency of a group to stick together and
remain united in the pursuit of its
instrumental objectives and/or for the
satisfaction of member affective needs”

5. O Bragging About Players
O Sarcasm and teasing
O Motivational speeches
O Quality of opposition
O Athlete Directed Techniques
O Team Prayer
O Dedication
O Change in Vocabulary

6. O group cohesion can be affected by deviant
actions undertaken by members of a
particular group
O essentially actions that are deemed negative
will lower perceived team cohesion.

8. O Effects that poor team cohesion has on team
performance outcomes

9. O both social and task orientated cohesion was
clearly associated to successful performance
outcomes
O A 1996 women’s volleyball team that was
predicted to win gold in fact ended up 7th due to
internal conflict before the competition
O It was previously thought that the correlation
between social cohesion and performance
outcomes was zero

10. O Professional sporting team results are
often assessed by means of a particular
player’s statistics

11. O coaching styles and it’s effect on team
cohesion

12. O strong in training and instruction
O social support
O democratic behaviour
O positive feedback and avoids autocratic
decision making

13. O female athletes perceive their coach to be
more democratic and positive while male
athletes find their coaches to be more
autocratic in nature

14. O So what does this all mean?

15. O Are the most successful team are the
ones who never forget to enjoy
themselves?

16. O Perhaps it would be beneficial to provide
coaches with equal amount of training or
education in establishing team cohesion.

17. O poor team cohesion can negatively affect or
delay the development of motor skills
O Does too much positive team cohesion
negatively affect performance?

18. Thank you for listening

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