section B

• characteristics of a team are affiliation, interaction, communication and a shared goal or purpose
• 1st stage - Forming which is when the group comes together and gets to know eachother - tend to compare ourselves to others.
• 2nd stage - storming is the stage of potential conflict, individuals compete for position, status or role within the team. coach should look to resolve asap.
• 3rd stage - norming is where the team begins to settle down and co-operate. group standards are accepted and cohesion develops
• 4th stage - performing is where all players are now interactive and working together to achieve their united goals
• environmental factors are size of group, time available, social loafing ringlemann effect, age and gender.
• social loafing is when an individual puts in less effort when part of a group.
• The ringlemann effect is where the number of people in a team increases, individual performance decreases.
• cohesion is where members of the team to work together to achieve what they want to achieve. cohesion causes success and success causes cohesion
• task cohesion looks at the end result and involves every player working together to achieve a goal.
• social cohesion looks at the interaction of the individuals in a team and how they work together to achieve a common goal.