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TEAMWORK
 What teams have you been in?
 Were they a good team? Why?
 What did it feel like to be in that team?
 What did it look like?
 What did it sounds like?
 Describe the characteristics of a good team
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Inter means:
Between Someone or Something
Personal means:
Defn of Interpersonal is:
To do with you or someone therefore meaning
people
Between people, so interpersonal skill is a skill performed
between people e.g. Communication
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
(THE ESSENTIAL ONES)
Communication
Inclusiveness
Leadership
Goal Setting
Decision Making
Acceptance of diversity
Problem Solving
Feedback
Social Responsibility
Co-operation
LEADERSHIP
What is it?
Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common
goal.
Why is it essential?
Team need to have someone driving the ship, steering them in the right
direction and making the decisions for the team. They need to organize
and motivate the others and use their experience to enhance the teams
performance
LEADERSHIP
How would you use it?
Making decisions in games
Mediating disputes
Talking and liaising with refs and coach’s
Delivering pep talks
Picking game plans
Encouraging other players
Advising and coaching players on the field
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
What is it?
It is a process whereby meaning is defined and shared between living organisms.
Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient
Why is it essential?
Key for teams to get points across, to work towards a common goal and
to ensure learning can take place.
COMMUNICATION
How would you use it?
Delivering a team talk/ or feedback to team mates
Thumbs up or praise a team mate
Smiling and clapping
Enthusiasm and positive demeanour/words
Clear talk and easy to understand sentences
Talking to players in a way that will encourage them.
CO-OPERATION
What is it?
Collaborate: work together on a common enterprise of project
Why is it essential?
Teams need to be on the same page and working towards the same goal
otherwise they could cause clash causing more trouble than good in reaching
the goal
CO-OPERATION
How would you use it?
Working together to achieve common goals
Communicating together
Helping others
Sharing responsibility
Treating players fairly
Working for good of others not just yourself
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
What is it?
Process if seeking a solution to a problem.
What does it look like?
problem solving or confrontation, (2) compromising, (3) forcing, (4) smoothing, (5) withdrawing
DECISION MAKING
What is it?
Decision making can be regarded as an outcome of mental processes (cognitive
process) leading to the selection of a course of action among several alternatives.
Why
it essential?
Everywas
decision
making process produces a final choice.
Improve team cohesion, to fix any problems that occur between players, teams or
problems that arise. To develop strategies to overcome challenges.
DECISION MAKING
How would you use it?
Video analysis
Peer/group coaching/ analysis
Team meetings and active discussion of ideas etc.
Team building games/sessions
Talking to other teams/players/coaches.
INCLUSIVENESS
What is it?
Creating a hospitable and welcoming environment; interacting with all members
of the team without regard to individual characteristics.
What does it look like?
Interactions between all team members, all involved and treated equally and fairly