Question | Answer |
How to develop cohesion | •Practice drills to ensure all understand the tactics
•Give individuals specific responsibility and set goals
•Explain specific roles
•Give feedback
•Vary practice to maintain motivation
•Improve fitness levels |
How to reduce social loafing | •Giving players specific responsibilities
•Giving feedback
•Using video analysis
•Setting challenging but realistic targets
•Vary practice to maintain motivation
•Develop higher levels of fitness
•Highlight individual’s role with the team |
What is Group productivity | The effectiveness of a group when completing a task
Actual productivity = Potential productivity – losses due to faulty processes: |
What are Coordination loses | Such as team work and communication, more problematic in interactive sports (Ringlemann effect |
What are motivational losses | , leading to less effort ,concentration, not being valued leading to Social loafing |
What is Social cohesion | The ability of the group to relate well to each other and enjoy socialising together
Social cohesion is not vital for group success-task cohesion is more important than social cohesion |
What is Task cohesion | the ability of the group to achieve a common goal
Players need to be able to interact effectively through good communication
Understand own role that of other’s leading to good co-ordination
Poor cohesion can be classed as a faulty process |
What is Social loafing | Individuals put in less than 100% effort due to lack of motivation |
What is the Ringleman effect | The diminishing contribution of each individual as group size increases |
What is Cohesion | A tendency of a group to stay together to achieve their a task-depends on group members/task/leader/team based factors |
Name Carrons antecedents | Environmental/situational
Member characteristics
Leadership style
Team elements |
Stages of Group formation | Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing |
What defines a group | Collective identity
Shared values
task cohesion
social cohesion |