120. A Reflection on Training Culture, Leadership, and Affirmations

Sports Mastery

A REFLECTION ON TRAINING CULTURE, LEADERSHIP, AND AFFIRMATIONS

It is a widely held belief in the sports world that the team culture can have a big impact on how a team functions and performs. How team members, think, feel, behave, and perform are all influenced by the environment in which they train, practice, and compete.

Developing a healthy team culture is as important in the sports world as it is in the corporate world. Understanding this, what a team culture is and why it is of essential value.

A culture is the expression of a team’s values, attitudes, and goals about sports, competition, and relationships. It determines whether, for example, the team’s focus is on fun, improvement, or winning or whether it promotes individual accomplishment or team success.

A team culture is so important because it directly influences many areas that affect team functioning and performance: The culture establishes norms of acceptable behavior on a team, either explicitly or implicitly conveying to members what is allowed and what is not. These norms can dictate to team members how to behave, communicate, cooperate, and deal with conflict. When clear norms are established, everyone on a team is more likely to abide by them.