Team cohesion, defined by Carron (1982), is a dynamic process reflected in groups for their tendency to remain united in order to pursuit their goals or objectives. Compared to teams that are not cohesive, cohesive teams are often notable for their well-defined responsibilities and group norms, mutual goals, respect and trust, positive team identity, good communication and many more. The fundamental aspects to success in sports is the ability to build group identity, ability to provide a comfortable environment and having players that are willing to work with and for each other. Cohesion is mainly divided into two types of cohesion: Task cohesion and Social cohesion. Task cohesion is when players in a team stay cohesive and work together in
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Originally Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy was developed for the treatment of anxiety, however, it has expanded and been applied to other domains such as sport and motor performance. Self-efficacy can be defined as what one thinks what they can achieve with their skills and not one’s judgment about their skills. One approach suggested to boost one’s sense of efficacy and performance in sport is self-modeling. Self-modeling works as individuals repetitively perceive the best parts of his or her own performance in the past and is used as a model for future performance. A study done by Singleton and Feltz, using a 5-item, skill specific self-efficacy scale showed that university hockey players who were shown several weeks of self-modeling videotapes displayed greater shooting accuracy and higher self-efficacy future performance compared to the controls. Furthermore, a study by Gould on American Olympic teams also established that self-efficacy as well as team-efficacy played a major role influencing their …show more content…
Bray and Whaley used 41 male and 49 female, aging from 14-18, from four boys and four girls high school varsity basketball teams in Northwest United States. To do this, team cohesion was measured using Group Environment Questionnaire (Wideyer et al., 1985), which is a measure of group cohesion that measures four dimensions of cohesion and individual performance was measured using Sonstroem and Bernado’s (1982) equation: PERF=SHOT% (PTS+REB+AS+ST)-TO+10, where SHOT% is field goal and foul shot percentage combined, PTS is points per game, REB is offensive and defensive rebound per game, AS is assist per game, ST = steals per game, TO = turnover per game, and 10, a constant to ensure positive scores. The athletes and their coaches participated and were asked to answer the Group Environment Questionnaire, where each players questionnaire was kept confidential to ensure that players freely answered the questionnaire without interference from the coaches. The questionnaires were completed halfway through the season as well as at the end of the season and together the player’s game statistics was obtained from each coach. Although, the results from halfway through the season weren’t as significant, the results from the end of the season showed that team cohesion significantly affected individual’s performance. Bray and Whaley suggested that this was due to
Originally Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy was developed for the treatment of anxiety, however, it has expanded and been applied to other domains such as sport and motor performance. Self-efficacy can be defined as what one thinks what they can achieve with their skills and not one’s judgment about their skills. One approach suggested to boost one’s sense of efficacy and performance in sport is self-modeling. Self-modeling works as individuals repetitively perceive the best parts of his or her own performance in the past and is used as a model for future performance. A study done by Singleton and Feltz, using a 5-item, skill specific self-efficacy scale showed that university hockey players who were shown several weeks of self-modeling videotapes displayed greater shooting accuracy and higher self-efficacy future performance compared to the controls. Furthermore, a study by Gould on American Olympic teams also established that self-efficacy as well as team-efficacy played a major role influencing their …show more content…
Bray and Whaley used 41 male and 49 female, aging from 14-18, from four boys and four girls high school varsity basketball teams in Northwest United States. To do this, team cohesion was measured using Group Environment Questionnaire (Wideyer et al., 1985), which is a measure of group cohesion that measures four dimensions of cohesion and individual performance was measured using Sonstroem and Bernado’s (1982) equation: PERF=SHOT% (PTS+REB+AS+ST)-TO+10, where SHOT% is field goal and foul shot percentage combined, PTS is points per game, REB is offensive and defensive rebound per game, AS is assist per game, ST = steals per game, TO = turnover per game, and 10, a constant to ensure positive scores. The athletes and their coaches participated and were asked to answer the Group Environment Questionnaire, where each players questionnaire was kept confidential to ensure that players freely answered the questionnaire without interference from the coaches. The questionnaires were completed halfway through the season as well as at the end of the season and together the player’s game statistics was obtained from each coach. Although, the results from halfway through the season weren’t as significant, the results from the end of the season showed that team cohesion significantly affected individual’s performance. Bray and Whaley suggested that this was due to