| Development of team cohesion | | | | other is a brilliant way to improve team cohesion |
| Team Cohesion is the interaction and communication | | | | which can then be taken onto the playing field where |
| of a team who all focuses on the same goals and | | | | they will do the same and work well together. With |
| work as hard as they can for each other to succeed | | | | the semi pro club the bonding is done in a very |
| those goals. Team cohesion affects everything | | | | different way but maybe still the same outcome will |
| throughout all means of team sports and socializing, | | | | occur. Instead of taking the players for a team |
| this then obviously shows that it can be improved | | | | activity week the players and staff bond together |
| through doing activities as a group but also can | | | | outside of the training pitch and into the bars and |
| increase tensions between certain "clicks". "Clicks" is a | | | | clubs not the best pre match session but great |
| term for groups forming within groups (teams), when | | | | bonds can develop from such an activity. However |
| members in the team stay with their selected | | | | such a way to increase team bonding is not the best |
| members and do not mix with the others in any | | | | idea as players who do not drink and do not go to |
| activity. | | | | the pubs and clubs can suffer and loose out on this |
| This can happen in newly formed teams, if some | | | | team bond. I believe the most ideal type of social |
| players know each other outside of the team they | | | | bonding you can do to achieve the best team |
| will obviously form a certain click which will make | | | | cohesion is the Lions activity team week. |
| them stay in their own selective group. A very good | | | | Factors influencing cohesion: |
| example of this can be found in the 1997 Lions rugby | | | | There are a lot of other ways of influencing and |
| team where at first you can notice the different | | | | developing team cohesion than participating in a team |
| nations of players kept with their own countrymen. | | | | activity week and they are making sure the team is |
| However this does not just affect big professional | | | | all focused on the same goals and not trying to |
| sides it can happen in any level of sport. A semi | | | | achieve different things. Once the mind of the team |
| professional football club, clicks are very noticeable | | | | is set on one particular goal whether that is winning all |
| between players through all 4 sides in the club from | | | | of your games i.e. Arsenal or just playing your best |
| the Youth team right up to the First team. It is | | | | each match at least the players in the team all know |
| mainly as the local players all know each other as | | | | what they need to do to achieve it. |
| they socialize and grew up together whereas a lot of | | | | The Lions Rugby team set their goals and then sat |
| new signings to the squad can come from anywhere | | | | down and discussed what they had to do to achieve |
| in the UK meaning it hard for them to be accepted | | | | the goals. I found this to be a great way of getting |
| by the local players which can cause tensions and not | | | | the players to feel they had a say and it was up to |
| a strong bond between the team. | | | | them it was their own responsibility what the rules |
| Ways of which team cohesion can be developed is | | | | where, while they were on tour. The reason this is |
| too make all squad members get out of their own | | | | so affective is because it has been produced and |
| comfort zone and get them to interact with players | | | | accepted by the players meaning if a rule is broken |
| in the team they don't know or don't usually work | | | | they know they are in the wrong rather than feeling |
| with. This can increase bonds within the team and | | | | hard done by and dropping their moral. |
| also increase respect for the players they at first | | | | Again this is seen very differently at the semi pro |
| knew nothing about. However this does not have to | | | | club it seemed the goals are always set by the staff |
| be done on the rugby or football pitch it can be done | | | | (manager, Assistant manager) they tell you at the |
| in social environments. For example the Lions went | | | | start of the season what we need to achieve rather |
| away for a week doing team activities which had | | | | than the players saying what they think. This means |
| nothing to do with rugby but all these activities | | | | all the players in the team may have different views |
| where team worked based. | | | | of the potential productivity of the squad and that |
| By seeing all the nations of players mixing with each | | | | means all players will set their own personal goals |
| other laughing and joking helping and motivating each | | | | meaning team cohesion is lost. |