HEL615 The psychology of team performance in sport: The coach, the athlete, and the group (Autumn 2023)
- ECTS Credits:
- 5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences
- Course Leaders:
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- Eli Margareth Andås
- Tommy Haugen
- Lecture Semester:
- Autumn and Spring
- Teaching language:
- English, if engslish speaking participants.
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is connected to the following study programs
Teaching language
Recommended previous knowledge
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, the candidate has:
Advanced knowledge about
• landmark studies within group dynamics and team performance
• how team performance and its antecedents can be assessed, and how various assessment methods might influence the conclusions and practical implications
• the evidence behind group dynamics and optimal team performance
• coach-behavior and leadership in team performance
• individual motivation within teamwork
Skills
• can critically evaluate, interpret and disseminate empirical evidence of team performance in sport
• can critically evaluate assessment methods used in team performance-research
• can formulate relevant research questions and plan the conduction and implementation of team performance-enhancing research and interventions
General competence
• can communicate relevant knowledge through scientific and popular scientific channels
Contents
Historical overview of important team performance research
o Individual motivation within team-performance
o Team dynamics and performance
- Team structure
- Team values and team building
- Team processes and development
o Intra-team communication and performance
- Shared mental models and team flow
- Team conflicts
o Coach behavior, sport leadership and performance
- Leadership theories
- Leadership, motivation and performance
- Decision making and justice
o Study designs and assessments of team performance-research