1. Team Building in Sports “It’s all about the team. Nothing else matters” –Sign above Philadelphia Flyer’ locker room Alan Bass Danny Cohen Zack Cohen
2. Principles of Team Building Application to Sports Specific sports examples
Helping team members become comfortable with one another takes precedence over task accomplishment The first task is to ensure that all team members know one another and that their questions are answered
Providing supportive feedback and fostering commitment to a vision are needed from team leaders Team members become contented with team membership and begin to value the team’s goals more than their own personal goals
They do begin to take sides on issues, to find that they are more compatible with some team members than others, and to align themselves with certain points of view Leads to coalitions/cliques being formed; competition among group members; disagreement with the leader; challenging others’ points of view
Three key outcomes: Accomplishing tasks or objectives Coordinating and integrating team members’ roles Assuring the personal well-being of all team members Once a person experiences this kind of excellence, team performance stuck in the first three stages of development will never be satisfactory again
