terrible sports contract

When people hear the term "terrible sports contract," two assumptions are often made. First, the agreement in question must have been orchestrated by a greedy team owner, with terms deliberately designed to bilk the athlete. And second, the athlete must have been a young rube who signed the contract without consulting a lawyer first. While these scenarios have surely played out many times in the past, they're not the only ones possible.

Sometimes, a terrible contract is actually terrible for the franchise. In these cases, the team can be forced to live with unintended consequences for several years, at a cost of millions of dollars. It’s often a compound humiliation as well, as any agreement between the player and the team has almost certainly been drafted and vetted over the course of many billable hours by the team’s own very expensive attorneys.

Unfortunately for franchise owners, there is no legal team on earth that can protect them from short-sighted management decisions, or from trades that didn’t work out as expected. So as hard as it may be to believe that a major sports organization wouldn’t have all their contractual ducks in a row, it happens, sometimes at a cost that nobody anticipated.

What are some of the sports contracts that had terrible consequences for the teams that wrote them? Click ahead and find out.

Kelly Slater is the most successful professional

Kelly Slater is the most successful professional surfer in history. He has won the Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship 10 times, including five consecutive wins between 1994 and 1998. He began winning championships in his teens, and when he won his first ASP World Championship title, he was 20 years old, making him the youngest person ever to win it. However, in 1999, he ditched it all for acting and retired to join the cast of Baywatch .

Slater’s infatuation with acting was short-lived, and he left the show after one season. In 2003 he decided to come out of retirement and return to his beloved sport, and he quickly took back his place in the ranks of its greatest achievers. He won further ASP titles in 2005, 2006 and 2008, and in 2010 he won it for the tenth time. This was an unprecedented feat, made sweeter by the fact that he won it at 38 years old, making him the oldest person ever to win the title.

Team Is A Dream

The 2008 USA Men's Basketball team resumed its preparations for the Beijing Olympics yesterday in Las Vegas with all sights set on avenging their embarrassing performance in Athens, Greece.

"Earning" a bronze medal in the 2004 games may be the single lowest point in USA basketball history, taking out the cheating Russians which wasn't under their own control. Sometimes it takes hitting rock bottom for a dysfunctional program to improve itself and I believe that to be the case under the refocused leadership of head coach Mike Krzyzewski and director Jerry Colangelo.

In 2004, 10 of the original 12 invitations were rejected. That pretty much says it all. And if it didn't getting smoked by Argentinians and Lithuanians who played passionate team basketball sure was an awakening.

Many of the big names return to this year's team: Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and Kobe Bryant return. However, the best additions are those of Deron Williams and Chris Paul who should provide some breathtaking plays in the international format.

It's a ridiculous team, but let's not get carried away and keep dubbing each Olympic entry a "Dream Team." 1992 will be the only team worthy of such a title.

Mario Lemieux of the greatest players in hockey history

Mario Lemieux

Mario Lemieux is considered one of the greatest players in hockey history. During 17 seasons as a player, he led the Pittsburgh Penguins to Stanley Cup victories twice, won three Hart Trophies and six Art Ross trophies. However, the regular punishment he took on the ice exacted a severe toll on his body, and he was racked with physical ailments, including back pain so severe that he had to have someone else tie his skates for him.

His various injuries paled in comparison to the diagnosis he received of non-Hodgkins lymphoma, for which he underwent radiation treatment while still an active player. He finally retired in 1997, and the following year, the team declared bankruptcy after years of mismanagement. Lemieux saved the day by buying the team, and incredibly, he came out of retirement in 2000 to become the first player-owner in the history of the game. He played for six more seasons before finally retiring for good.

Kim Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player

Kim Clijsters

Kim Clijsters is a Belgian tennis player and the current singles champion of both the US Open and the Australian Open. She has won over 50 Women’s Tennis Association titles in both singles and doubles, and she is also the winner of four Grand Slam titles. However, in 2007 she announced her immediate retirement from the sport, cutting the season short and hanging up her racket age the ripe old age of 23.

Clijsters settled down, got married and gave birth to a daughter in 2008, but she couldn’t resist the siren call of the tennis court, so in 2009 she announced her return to the sport. It was a tall order, as in the intervening years she had lost her ranking and wasn’t qualified to play in the US Open. However, she entered as a wildcard, and in defiance of all logic and probability she won the tournament. She credited the experience of pregnancy with strengthening her game.

From the London Riots

Scenes From the London Riots

In some of the worst disorder seen on the streets of London in years, riots across the capital city began Aug 6, have continued for days and have now spread to other cities in England.

Hundreds have been detained by police, as violence has continued for days on the streets of London, although officials blame copycat criminals for prolonging the disorder. The hardest-hit area by far has been Tottenham, where residents identified “greedy youths” as primarily responsible for the looting and destruction, noting that they were aided by communication via text messaging and social networking sites.

The Metropolitan Police Service are also being criticized for allowing the violence to escalate, since they will be responsible for keeping order during next year’s Summer Olympics in London.

Click ahead for scenes from the destruction in London.

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan has been declared nothing less than the greatest basketball player of all time. In 1993, he made the very surprising announcement that he was retiring from the game. It was surprising because he was at his peak as a player, the recipient of copious individual and team honors, and in top physical condition. It was also surprising because he was leaving the basketball court to pursue a career in baseball.

Jordan intended to pay his dues, so he started at the bottom and signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. Unfortunately, his performance on the baseball field was underwhelming, prompting his return to the Chicago Bulls in 1995. Despite his absence of a year and a half from basketball, he played as though he had never left, and in the 1995-1996 season he led the Bulls to a 72-10 record, the best in the history of the National Basketball Association.

news broke that Tiger Woods

news broke that Tiger Woods had secured an endorsement deal with Kowa Company Ltd., the Japanese manufacturer of Valentin Kowa pain relieving heat rub. It’s his first deal since the very embarrassing sex scandal that broke in December 2009 and cost him his marriage, his squeaky-clean image and four of his sponsors. When news of his personal troubles spilled into the public eye, Accenture, AT&T and Gatorade terminated their sponsorship deals with him, and Gillette allowed their agreement with him to lapse, hitting the athlete’s $90 million endorsement portfolio hard. The new deal is a three-year agreement that includes advertisements online, in print and on television, and although the price of the deal has not been disclosed, it nonetheless represents sorely needed good news for the golfer. However, it remains to be seen whether or not it’s the beginning of a comeback.

Comebacks are by no means guaranteed. The list of athletes who have retired and then returned with disappointing results is long. Swimming legend Mark Spitz won nine gold medals at the 1972 Olympics, but when he attempted a comeback 20 years later he failed to meet the minimum qualifying time. Tennis great Bjorn Borg won 11 Grand Slam titles before retiring at the age of 26, but when he attempted a comeback eight years later he was beaten effortlessly by 52nd place holder Jordi Arrese. Even Muhammad Ali wasn’t exempt. When “The Greatest” attempted a comeback in 1980, he was defeated by Larry Holmes, and it wasn’t long before he was forced to face reality and walk away.

If this is, in fact, a comeback for Woods, it be remarkable, as it would be the second time his career has rebounded from a potentially fatal blow. In 2008, just two days after winning the US Open, he announced that he was scheduled to undergo knee surgery for a damaged anterior cruciate ligament. The timing would cause him to miss the Open Championship and the PGA Championship, but more worrisome was the effect that it could have on his career. A damaged ACL is a common athletic injury that has taken many pros off the field permanently. However, Woods came back to the links in 2009 and finished in second place in the PGA championship. Whether his luck holds out a second time is an open question. But if he does, he would rejoin an assortment of athletes who recaptured their former glory after physical injuries, messy scandals and even jail time.

Click ahead to see the athletes who defied logic and came back to their respective sports after conventional wisdom pronounced their careers dead and buried.

By Daniel Bukszpan

USA OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM POSTER

• 2004 USA OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TEAM POSTER Leo Burnett USA
• The players for America's basketball team are: Front row: Tim Duncan, Stephon Marbury, Allen Iverson, Lebron James, Richard Jefferson Back Row: Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Dwayne Wade, Lamar Odom, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer, Emeka Okafor Olympic team pics of Ameka Okafor, Duane Wade, Labron James, Tim Duncun, Richard Jeferson, Sean Marion, Carmello Antony, Alen Iversen, Stephen Marbury, and Dwyane Wade.

• This US team took a lot of critique, which was fairly annoying considering that these were the guys who said "Yes, I'll play for my country", while the team's original members were making every excuse not to play! In the end, 9 of the team's original players found some reason not to go. For the new players, the opposing teams were against them, the international rules were against them, the threat of terrorist attack was against them (they had to sleep on a ship guarded by Navy SEALs), their own country was against them, they were playing without 9 of their best players, AND they only had one week of practice together. While dragging all these boat anchors they still reached the medal round where they took the Bronze. Anybody who complains about this team is a shithead.
• Advertising agency Leo Burnett USA contacted me early in the year to illustrate this poster for Allstate Insurance--a great compliment since the poster has been traditionally photographed since 1992! They had gotten my name from Wieden & Kennedy who has the Nike account (I did a Lebron James billboard ad for them previously). Due to various circumstances, we did not have a final roster for about 3 months as many players dropped off the team. Once we were given the final roster date, we realized there would only be 1 week to turn in the completed art!! Yikes! Not enough time to create a painting with this much detail and likenesses, so I came up with a plan to get the illustration done in a timely manner: First, I painted the Parthenon, sky, and rocks in advance with no players at all. Then, I painted the jerseys only. This way, as we found out who the players were, I could simply paint them into their uniforms in the final week! This was an incredibly awkward way to paint, but it worked and everybody was happy.

nominated a particular player are credited next to the name

I've always been obsessed with crazy names.

In 1997, as sports editor of the Northwestern Chronicle, I unveiled my first name team.

I've done it occasionally over the years both at ESPN and CNBC.

With permission of Andy Staples at SI and Spencer Hall of "Every Day Should Be Saturday," two great journalists who have been more fixated on the great names than I have, I asked my Twitter followers to come up with the best names for this year.

Those that nominated a particular player are credited next to the name.

I originally thought I'd break it down by positions, which I have done before, then I thought, in true college football fashion, I'd make two teams of eleven.

In the end I decided to rank like a poll, putting them in order from 1 to 25. Before we get to the list we have to thank the creative parents who came up with these names. In some cases, the player's name listed isn't his given birth name but is eligible because that is the name he goes by. This list was only going to include FBS schools, but I couldn't resist letting one FCS name in at No. 24. You'll see why.

1. Wave Ryder, S, Navy (@mspeedkills)

2. Yourhighness Morgan, FAU (@GoDJThatsMy_DJ)

3. Tank Carder, LB, TCU (@tcumike)

4. Boyblue Aoelua, LB, New Mexico State (@TylerTomea)

5. Whitney Mercilus, DE, Illinois (@WillhiteHerald)

6. Shavodrick Beaver, QB, Midwestern State (@Chuck_Sweet)

7. Spiffy Evans, WR, Boston College (@PEFehn)

8. Mister Cobble, DT, Kentucky (@Sam_Salerno)

9. Bacarri Rambo, S, Georgia (@seattlecommish)

10. Aireal Boyd, CB, North Dakota State (@oolong)

11. Skylar Stormo, DE, Washington State (@tristawinnie)

12. Jose Jose, DT, UCF (@LTorbin)

13. Munchie Legaux, QB, Cincinnati (@nheld)

14. Sterling Lovelady, C, Florida State (@chrisnickinson)

15. Thor Jozwiak, OL, South Florida (@javierginart)

16. Terrance Bullit, S, Texas Tech (@Nflem41)

17. Vontaze Burfict, LB, Arizona State (@DMascorro58)

18. Bo Moos, DL, Arizona State (@WI2AZ_Schmitty)

19. Derek Slaughter, LB, Nebraska (@jshields34)

20. Barkevious Mingo, DE, LSU (@JodyRozas)

21. Chi Chi Ariguzo, LB, Northwestern (@hailtopurple)

22. King Holder, DB, San Diego State (@carlisuzy)

23. Konockus Sashington, DB, North Texas (@Chuck_Sweet)

24. Delector Durley Jr., DL, Western Illinois (@JohnWillmott)

25. Silverberry Mouhon, DE, Cincinnati (@LobotC2DFW)

Tiger Woods is having an awful year

Getty Images Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods is having an awful year.

In the six tournaments he has completed, he has finished in an average position of 23rd.

How badly is that hurting his bank account?

In order to compensate for the actual amount of work he has done over his 16-year career, we added up his on-course earnings and divided it by how many total rounds of golf he played that year.

The results?

In 2011, Tiger Woods is making $25,743 per round. The only year he has made less was his rookie year in 1996. That year, he earned $24,113 per round. That's not to say Woods played any better. His average finish for the half of a year he played was 11th, but total prize money for the PGA Tour that year was not even $70 million. This year, total prize money is $288 million.

If Woods finishes in 28th place or worse at this week's PGA Championship, he'll fall below his earnings per round from his rookie season, the only other year where he made less than $1 million.

Tiger Woods' Earnings

Year	Money Earned	Rounds	$ per Round
2011	$656,459	25 rounds 1/2 rounds	$25,743 per round
2010	$2,169,330	58 rounds	$37,402 per round
2009	$11,198,163	73 rounds	$153,399 per round
2008	$6,196,717	30 rounds	$206,557 per round
2007	$12,370,706	71 rounds	$174,235 per round
2006	$13,057,699	76 rounds	$171,812 per round
2005	$10,862,933	87 rounds	$124,862 per round
2004	$7,941,272	88 rounds	$90,242 per round
2003	$7,606,528	83 rounds	$91,645 per round
2002	$9,017,189	87 rounds	$103,646 per round
2001	$7,761,661	94 rounds	$82,571 per round
2000	$11,434,480	105 rounds	108,900 per round
1999	$7,681,765	97 rounds	$79,193 per round
1998	$2,874,757	92 rounds	$31,247 per round
1997	$2,440,832	92 rounds	$26,531 per round
1996	$940,420	39 rounds	$24,113 per round

USA Basketball Returns

USA Basketball Returns to the Top

the photo of the USA Basketball Team provided by Nike

Anyone who reads this blog knows that sports is quite a business. And that's why we appreciate the little things so much.

Take a look at the photo of the USA Basketball Team provided by Nike in a news release about the company's new Olympic jerseys.

Nike

Here's the only thing you have to know in advance. Dwight Howard is the only member of this team who is not sponsored by Nike[NKE 83.34 -0.90 (-1.07%) ]. He wears adidas.

Now let's play a quick game of "What's Up?"

1. As loyal reader Michael Odio points out, Coach K is sitting. When a team stands, a coach normally stands. Why is this significant? Because Coach K's left foot just happens to be blocking the adidas logo on Dwight Howard's left foot. Intentional?

2. Then look at the height of the players. Every player is in height order, with the exception of Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh. Howard is listed at 6-foot-11, while Bosh is listed at 6-foot-10, but Bosh's hair clearly trumps Howard. What does this allow for? It gives Howard an excuse to hold the ball and be the only player to not have his hand behind his back. This conveniently helps Howard cover the Nike logo on his shorts.

A Nike insider informs us that this shot was an artistic photo taken in Las Vegas and that there's no conspiracy behind the posing of everything surrounding the team's only adidas endorser. By the way, the reason why some players don't have the Swoosh on their shoes is because they wear other Nike brands: Chris Paul (Jordan), Dwyane Wade (Converse) and Carmelo Anthony (Jordan).

humid it is a pair or two a game

Depends on the guy...some go through a pair a game...some a pair a week...some a pair a month. Obviously guys who play everyday go through more but then you have to look at where they play. When Gonzo was in Los Angeles last year it was probably a pair every week or two...in Florida this year where it is much more humid it is a pair or two a game.

I dont think the Abreu shoes are Verdero's....if you look at the logo on the tongue and on the side it almost looks like a P where the Verdero logo is more "O" shaped. I dont even know who is still wearing Verdero anymore....not a fan of Abreu's shoes. I am definitely biased but I thought these were great...



These were really the first ones that scarface and I started messing around with patent and chrome finishes...still have one of these on my desk and they are sweet

The 1984 USA basketball team

makes them

He's worn those same cleats since at least 2002, and whoever makes them (presumably a Japanese company) also makes gloves, batting gloves, and apparel. Aside from that, I can't figure out what the company is. Here's the best shot of the logo that I could find:

That's from Yabu's days with the A's. He wore the exact same cleat model back then as well but just in white and green with that logo on the tongue. Here's another pic from Yabu with the Hanshin Tigers:

That photo is from 2002 (and he was wearing the same cleats back then), and while there's a different label on the glove, you can't make out anything but the logo. And here's the batting gloves and jersey:

None of the equipment seems to have any other text or logos on it (aside from his glove, which just says "YABU" in red embroidery). Anyone else want to give it a try?

(If not, I'll see if I can get in touch with Jeremy Brahm... some of you may know who I'm talking abo

USA Basketball Challenge-Chris Paul, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Carmelo Anthony

USA Basketball Challenge

In This Photo: Chris Paul, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony-USA Basketball Challenge

USA Basketball Challenge

In This Photo: Carmelo Anthony

Carmelo Anthony # 15 of the USA Basketball mens senior national team in action during the USA Basketball International challenge between USA and Lithuania at The Venetian Hotel, on August 1, 2008 in Macau, China.

(August 1, 2008 - Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images AsiaPac)

USA vs Australia men's basketball quarterfinals action in Beijing

USA vs Australia men's basketball quarterfinals action in Beijing

Team USA's Kobe Bryant goes for a slam dunk between Australia's Andrew Bogut (6) and David Andersen during second quarter basketball action at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, August 20, 2008, at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Americans won easily, 116-85 (UPI Photo/Mike Theiler)

a Nice Means to Show Your Skills

Professional sports team is what brings acknowledgment, recognition, and money to a player who has chosen this sport as a profession. Along with other business industry and commerce, professional sports teams engender the highest revenue for a country, and have an organization backing them up in all their comings and goings.

The manner by which teams earn is through matches that are played where the stands are filled with keen audience and by TV onlooker ship as well. If a team is from a slighter league, they work harder in marketing as well as promoting the team and its players.

There are some people suppose that betting is money making service, and they will become well-off in short span of time. They should bear in mind it that making a bet is a gambling. Therefore, they need to be taught the sports first, and winning bets at shorter probability.

To be part of a certain sport team, you have to make sure first that you know what you are going to go through, and know the type of sport that you truly love.

The minute a certain sports player chooses to take up that particular sport as his line of career, and plays full time, he is called a certified professional player and teams that are managed by companies are called professional sports teams. They bring in support from audiences, companies that want to use the players to endorse their products, and services, and of course by putting on a good brawl against foe teams. If their performance on the field is excellent, the fans will escalate whereas if they show poor performance, and are not unswerving, they could even get thrown out of the team. There are numerous players who sign contracts with teams to play for a term, and then move on to another once this is fulfilled. There would be those players who are not unwavering or consistent in their performance, and so might be sold to other sports teams. This is an ordinary sight in Football leagues, for players to be swapped sandwiched between teams.

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Dynamic Warm

Like most people you probably do not pay a lot of care or attention to your warm up before exercising. A bit of walk to the front gate before your run or a few arm circles and swings then into the weights session or game of golf/squash or tennis!

One of the areas I put a lot of work into in designing programs for Olympic athletes is in the warm up. Often, I’ll put as much thinking into the first part of the exercise session as the main block of the training session. Every warm up is targeted and individual to both the athletes and the session.

A major part of an effective warm up is dynamic stretching. The aim is to lengthen and warm the muscles, but not with the typical static stretch (where you hold a position for 5 or more seconds). Dynamic stretching is a better way of getting ready for exercise than static stretching because it gets the muscles primed for the movements to come.

You should complete some movement at every major joint before training - shoulders, hips, knees and ankles.

Why do we out so much emphasis on this part of the warm up? Research conducted by the University of Wyoming and published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research in June 2008 strongly supports its use. The researchers wanted to examine the effect of the warm-up over a 4 week training program of 24 high level college athletes.

(Take note of the short time frame - only 4 weeks to see if it worked. I wonder if that was long enough to have a significant impact…?)

They divided the group into two. The groups used either static or dynamic stretching before daily practice sessions and measures were made before and after the 4 week period.

After 4 weeks, the static group had no improvements and some decreases in key performance factors. Remember, this is the traditional stretching method you may be doing currently.

The dynamic group showed some significant improvements in performance:

• Strength: increases of: leg strength by 11%; throws by 4%; push ups by 3%; sit ups by 11%
• Endurance - 2.4% faster on a 600m run
• Agility - jump height increased by 4%
• Anaerobic capacity – time for 300m shuttle test reduced by 2%

These are impressive results in a short time frame - achieved just by focusing on a more comprehensive warm up!

So if you could incorporate dynamic warm ups into your current training before sessions, it could produce long term improvements in Power, Strength, Muscular Endurance, Anaerobic capacity and Agility. Improve any of these factors you will be stronger, fitter and able to continue to increase the intensity of your training to get closer to your training goals - whether they be health, fitness or sporting goals.

This video features a good bundle of dynamic warm-up exercises for field-type sports

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The term cohesiveness

The term cohesiveness has long been associated with the amount of ‘togetherness’ displayed by a team both on and off the field. Team cohesion is commonly defined as a dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency of a group to remain united in the pursuit of its goals and objectives (Carron 1982).

There are two dimensions within cohesion:

1. A task dimension which reflects a team’s ability to work together to achieve a goal, and
2. A social dimension which reflects the degree to which team members like each others’ company.

Research conducted by Lenk (1969) found that social cohesion was not an important component in achieving a successful performance in elite rowing, i.e., the rowers do not have to like one another for top performance. Sometimes, that’s just as well!

However, when contemplating the larger majority of active athletes (i.e., the non-elite) social cohesion may well prove to be quite important.

Performance success will facilitate feelings of greater cohesion and satisfaction. Similarly, cohesion itself will also result in a greater sense of satisfaction.

Satisfaction is how an individual feels about their participation in a team. If an individual has a high degree of satisfaction they are more likely to feel good about themselves and their participation and want to continue participating.

If a crew lacks the ability to gain satisfaction substantially through its performance in the short term, cohesion may provide the level of satisfaction required to maintain motivation. Thus, as performance improvements due to training have an opportunity to emerge, this reinforces the positive feelings gained from achievement.

Over time, encouraging participation at novice levels will increase both the size and standard of the pool of athletes from which elite squads are selected. In this light the development of social cohesion at a non-elite level may well be extremely important to any sport.

What Makes a Team Cohesive?

A ‘crew concept’ is essential for cohesion to develop and stems from five key issues (Williams 1986):

1. Proximity: close personal contact between team members that facilitates interaction.
2. Distinctiveness: team members perceiving themselves as a unit and as different from others outside the crew.
3. Similarity: team members perceptions of themselves as having similar attitudes , aspirations, commitment and abilities.
4. Goals and rewards: emphasis is placed on groups performances and rewards rather than individuals of sub-groups.
5. Team structure: individuals should understand, accept and enthusiastically undertake their role in the team and be aware and conform to team norms (acceptable behaviors).

As the definition of team cohesion states, it is a dynamic process and implicitly therefore is capable of change, growth, modification and improvement.

How to Create Team Cohesion

Coaches can facilitate the development of social cohesion within their teams by:

• Opening communication channels between themselves and their charges and between team members.

• Seek input when making decisions and address conflict when it arises.

• Develop pride and a collective identity by setting realistic goals with the team and gain their commitment by involving them in the process.

• Develop common expectations of behavior (e.g., arriving on time or early to training).

• Acknowledge personal contributions by stressing the importance of each individual’s role. This acknowledgment will also enhance the individual’s motivation and commitment.

• Conduct periodic meetings at which team members can air their grievances and resolve conflict.

• Use senior members to help implement change where necessary.

• Discuss the positive aspect of a performance before the negatives.

• Reinforce distinctiveness by training in a common uniform and interacting socially as well as at training.

• Avoid early failures where possible.

• Avoid excess team substitutions.

• Avoid clique formation (negative alliances) by randomly assigning individuals to groups for off-field training.

In conclusion, team cohesion can be use as a tool by coaches, organizers and PE teachers to maintain participation in sport. The development of cohesion takes on even greater significance if the team has begun a season with poor performance and gains little satisfaction from their results.

If the individual feels a sense of belonging and has committed themselves to team goals, satisfaction will also be gained from the process of combined effort. In turn, this provides a source of satisfaction and the subsequent feelings of worth can provide motivation to carry on. Therefore, social cohesion is important at a non-elite level in order to provide a solid base for elite athletes to develop within.

If you’re interested in learning about formal strategies to develop team cohesion have a look at Developing Team Unity and Leadership.

Team Sports -Basketball Australia

The Australia Women's National Basketball Team (nicknamed The Opals) is the women's National Basketball team for Australia. They won Gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 defeating New Zealand's Tall Ferns in the final match with a score of 77-39. They then followed it up with a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, beating Russia 91-74. The Opals became the first non-American team since Soviet Union in 1983 to become world champions with their victory over the Russians. They then won a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics losing to America,92-65.

Ducks Game Sport Team - Picture

Ducks Game Sport Team

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