Team Cohesion In Water Polo

TEAM COHESION IN WATER POLO Ong Chong Jie

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Introduction Literature Review Barriers to team cohesion GEQ Methodology Results Discussion Applied Implications Summary Acknowledgment References

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INTRODUCTION

Water Polo -water sport -swimming, throwing, passing

Team Cohesion -stick together -united to pursuit goal & objectives

(wikipedia, 2009)

(Carron, 1982)

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CONT’

Task Cohesion -stick together -specific & identifiable goal

Social Cohesion -like and enjoy spending time together

Carron, 1982 Ong Chong Jie/Ktar/ISN/2009

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LITERATURE REVIEW YEAR

AUTHOR

PUBLICATION/ JOURNAL

MAIN FINDINGS

2008

Mohammad Narimani and Saeid Sadeghieh Ahari

Relationship between team cohesion, role ambiguity, & athletic performace

Positive correlation between team cohesion and athletic performance

2002

Albert V. Carron, Steven R. Bray, Mark A. Eys.

Team cohesion and team success in sport

very strong relationship between cohesion and success in sport teams

1997

Sheilds, D

The Effects of Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness Communication Traits

positive correlation between argumentativeness communication traits and small group cohesion.

1990

Widmeyer, Brawley, Carron

The effects of group size in sport

enjoyment and cohesion decreased as size increased

1982

Carron, A, V

Cohesiveness in sports group

certain factors that lead to team cohesion

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BARRIERS IN TEAM COHESION Clash of personalities Conflict of task/social roles among members Breakdown in communication

One/more members struggling for power Disagreement on goals/objective Ong Chong Jie/Ktar/ISN/2009

Carron (Group Cohesion, 2008)

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GROUP ENVIRONMENT QUESTIONNAIRES (GEQ)

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METHODOLOGY Objective: to study the team cohesion in water polo  Participants: 11 males  Age: 19-21  Training experience: 1 to 2 years  Level of participation: College  GEQ given before training starts 

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RESULTS Attraction Group Group Attraction to to groupintegration- integrationGroup/ group-social task task social Name

Ath1 Ath2 Ath3 Ath4 Ath5 Ath6 Ath7 Ath8 Ath9 Ath10 Ath11

19 15 16 12 13 17 12 13 16 16 17

10 25 23 12 17 36 13 15 7 9 19

21 19 23 27 31 31 25 28 21 29 21

28 22 18 24 17 32 24 14 11 23 19

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GEQ Results 40

35

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Score

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Attraction to group-task

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Attraction to group-social Group integration-task Group integration-social

15

10

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Ath2

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Attraction to group-task 35 30

Score

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Attraction to group-social 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

36 25

23 17

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15 7

Ath2

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Group integration-task 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

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27 21

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28 21

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Group integration-social 35 30

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32 28 24

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DISCUSSION •Group integration social and task is better •Low due to level of training/ experience •Misunderstand the questions

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APPLIED IMPLICATIONS

Coach

Carron (Group Cohesion, 2008) Ong Chong Jie/Ktar/ISN/2009

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APPLIED IMPLICATIONS CONT’

Member

Carron (Group Cohesion, 2008) Ong Chong Jie/Ktar/ISN/2009

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SUMMARY  

Team cohesion increases performance Takes time to build cohesion

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT Thank you to SPC staffs, SPC colleagues, athletes which had helped me and ISN library for providing me informations.

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Albert V. Carron, Steven R. Bray, Mark A. Eys. (2002). Team cohesion and team success in sport, Journal of Sports Sciences, Feb 2002 v20 i2 p119(8) Carron, A. V. (1982). Cohesiveness in sport groups: Interpretations and considerations. Journal of Sport Psychology, 4, 123-138 Carron, A., Brawley, L., Widmeyer, N. (2002). Group Environment Test Questionnaire Manual. Retrieved 9/6/2009, from www.morris.umn.edu Group Cohesion (2008), Retrieved 5/6/09 from, http://www.lcsc.edu/mcollins/groupcohesion.htm Mohammad Narimani and Saeid Sadeghieh Ahari, (2008). Relationship between team cohesion, role ambiguity, & athletic performance. Journal of Biological Sciences 3(1):45-51 Sheilds, D, (1997). The Effects of Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness Communication Traits, Retrieved 17/6/2009, from http://people.wcsu.edu/mccarneyh/acad/scales.html Widmeyer, Brawley, Carron, (1990), The effects of group size in sport, Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 12(2), 177-190.

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THANK YOU!!

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