Determinants Of Psychological Preparation For Sports Team

Abstract

the study of the scientific literature reveals that psychological preparation in team sports tend to apply the methods developed in the context of individual sports. It seems postulated that strengthening the psychic potential of each member of a team spor tive improve, in return, the collective performance. Yet the theoretical approaches to small groups (Anzieu and Martin, 1990) point out that they do not correspond to a simple cluster of individuals. Lewin (1959) includes the small group as a dynamic screen that determines the behavior of its members. Carron (1993) defines the sporting group as a collection of individuals who have a collective identity, have common objectives and goals, share the same fate, develop structures patterns of interaction and modes of communication, show interdependence personal and operational, exhibit interpersonal attraction and consider "be a group." These definitions invite us to consider small groups in their unity, totality.