sample of notes ... stress and emotions in sports

4. STRESS IN TEAM

Many of us spend a large part of our time working with the same group of people.

When we like these people and enjoy working with them, our work can be deeply satisfying and we can achieve a great deal. But if we find our co-workers difficult to deal with and teamwork is plagued with conflict, work quickly becomes stressful and unpleasant. Conflict within our teams can seriously undermine our productivity and ultimately, the success of our work.

This section introduces tools that can help you solve problems with dysfunctional teams and build better working relationships. This helps you control what may be a serious source of stress in your life.

Understanding Teams – For Coaches
For us to understand where teamwork can go wrong, we first need to understand how good teams are designed, and how they manage to work well together.

Team Design - Teams Shouldn't Be Too Big. The fundamental “design” of the team has a big impact on its success. By design, we mean the number of team members, their mix of skills and experience, the resources they have available, and the way their organization supports them.

At first sight, it's natural to think that the more people belong to a team, the more likely it is to achieve its goal. There is obviously some truth in this.

However, coordinating teamwork takes time, and the larger the amount of co-ordination, the more time is needed. Think of it this way: If only two people are on a team, each person only needs to co-ordinate activity with one other person. If four people are on a team, each person needs to co-ordinate with three others. If six people are on the team, each person needs to co-ordinate activities with five others. The more people on a team, the more productive time each person loses because of the co-ordination activities needed to produce a coherent team product.

newer programs

recently there are new programs that we add in our long list of programs ;

1. introduction to sports psychology
2. stress and emotions in sports
3. strategic sports management
4. pengurusan acara & kemudahan sukan
5. sports coaching strategy

these programs are specially designed for rmaf