Group dynamics and cohesion are important for team success. There are several stages of group formation that a team goes through (forming, storming, norming, performing) and the coach's role is to lead the team through each stage successfully. High cohesion involves both task cohesion (shared commitment to goals and objectives) and social cohesion (interpersonal attraction and bonding). The levels of cohesion can be affected by situational, personal, team, and leadership factors.

1. Group Dynamics Revision 2010 A2 Sports Psychology

2. What is group dynamics? INTER GROUP PROCESSESS POWER ROLES COHESION LEADERSHIP SOCIAL FACILITATION COMMUNICATION

3. How do we indentify a group? GROUP CHARACTERISTICS I NTERACTION I NTERDEPENDENCE I NTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS I NDENTICAL GOALS/NORMS/VALUES I DENTITY i.e. They know they are a member I NDEPENDENCE

4. Why do we want to understand group dynamics?

6. FAULTY PROCESSESS COORDINATIONLOSSES MOTIVATIONAL LOSSES TEAM WORK/STRATEGIES BREAK DOWN PLAYERS DONT UNDERSTAND THE STRATEGIIES LOSSESS MORE LIKELY IN COMPLEX GAMES E.G. RUGBY OR BASKETBALL “ THEY COULDNT KEEP THEIR SHAPE” TEAM COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL TO ELIMINATE CAN YOU RELY ON YOUR TEAM MATE TO FULFIL ROLE? LOSS OF CONFIDENCE INCORRECT AROUSAL LEVELS SOCIAL LOAFING: INGHAM noted low motivation as a major factor of Ringleman effect leading to loafing. RINGLEMAN EFFECT As numbers of team members increase the total amount of effort given by each members decreases.

12. What can affect the levels of cohesion? (Carron, 1982) Situational/environmental factors such as... Personal elements such as... Team elements such as... Leadership elements such as... ALL OF THE ABOVE EFFECT BOTH TASK AND SOCIAL COHESION