Inter-personal communication and contributing to team goals in team sports (basically communication

in sports)

Effective Communication is the ability to express one's thoughts, feelings and needs effectively and
reciprocally to be able to understand the thoughts, feelings, ideas and needs of others, it is critical to
the success of any team or organization and its members.

Communication pertains to group cohesion, team dynamics and interpersonal relationships.

From a group perspective, it is tied to oneness of thought, synchronization of roles, and everyone
being on the same page.

Communication is a multidimensional process that involves sending, receiving (encoding), and

interpreting (decoding) messages through a variety of sensory modalities. These messages can be
verbal (as in written or spoken communication) or nonverbal (facial expressions, body language, body
positioning) and can be distinguished in terms of content and emotion.

The way a message is expressed will influence how a message is received and interpreted. Likewise,
communication does not exist in a vacuum; rather, content and context interact to produce meaning in
every communication episode.

Other factors such as stress, perceptual filtering and psychological expectancies can all influence the
way messages are expressed, received and interpreted. Information may be lost or distorted in the
process of interpreting verbal and nonverbal messages.

1. Stress as a barrier to effective communication

Coaches also are susceptible to heightened job stress, multiple demands, and emotional mood swings.

2. The pressure to win, coupled with increased travel demands and injuries to key personnel, resulted
in the coach being extremely stressed.
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Athlete-athlete communication

Sports psychology as a skilled helper:-

IMPROVING COACH-ATHLETE RELATIONSHIPS