The Importance of Teamwork in Sports
According to the famous coach of Chicago Bulls, Phil Jackson, the strength of the entire team lies in the hands of each member. At the same time, the ultimate strength of individual members is the team itself. This is true for any sports team. While it is very important to have a good group of very talented athletes, it is also very important to foster teamwork in order to achieve success as a team.
What Teamwork Involves
Each individual in a team should exhibit Trust, Enthusiasm, Ambition, as well as Motivation. The first one, trust, enables each team member to heavily depend on one another, as well as good teamwork that depends on trust. In any sports team, all of the players need to be trusting with each other. When there is no trust and the members play solely, the whole team is weakened.
Enthusiasm also serves as a seal that bridges the entire team together. Many people engage in sport for enjoyment and fun of the game. If there is fun, the members will become enthusiastic. Therefore, the whole team should share an enthusiasm that stems from the desire to win as a team.
Each team member should also be pushed by ambitions. This creates the commitment of being able to achieve these goals. Individuals, no doubt, need ambition in order to be consistent in attending rigorous training sessions, as well as in focusing on the improvement of skills for the benefit of both the individuals and the team.
Motivation and the Team
Motivation is a silent feeling that drives a team to ultimately achieve their goal of winning. An individual player that has good motivation will make a team do things that are quite impossible. Teams feel challenged when they know that they are able to win their match. It is challenging, knowing that there is a chance to win. That motivation will allow you to be confident and play the game calmly, and with the faith that it will turn out well.
A team without teamwork will never be successful in the end. This is why most team coaches spend a good amount of time in order to foster teamwork within their team. Without teamwork, nothing can be achieved as a group.
Warm-Up:
On a 12 minute clock complete the following:
Step 1: Assemble your team and grab your sandbag, bike, and rower.
Step 2: As an entire group choose someone to read The Importance of Teamwork in Sports on the computer screen.
Step 3: Team warm-up this is done together with your team, helping each other with the movements of the warm-up if needed.
5 calories each on the bike
5 calories each on the rower
10 air squats
10 Spiderman turnouts
10 Push-ups
100-m sandbag move as a team around the parking lot.
Step 4: Talk strategy as a team.
@ the 12 minute mark, the work out begins.
The score for the WOD is your total time, including the 12 minutes.
WOD:
Teams of 3 or 4. One athlete works while the others rest on the bike and row. Sandbag carry is done together.
Beast Mode Team of 2!
“Just Do It” for time
1-mile Sand Bag Carry together (walk or run) pass bag back and forth as needed. (50,35)
200 calorie bike
160 calorie row
800-m Sand Bag Run together (50,35)
*The Sandbag must be held by someone on the team throughout the entire WOD. If the sandbag is placed down at any given time the workout will stop and everyone on the team will complete 20 burpees. This is known as bonus fitness! Yay!
*Scale the sandbag run as needed.
1 sandbag per team
1 bike per team
1 rower per team
Post WOD:
Team foam roll.
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Looks like a fun one. Maybe tomorrow I’ll remember to set my alarm 🤦🏻♂️
Just Do It: Team Two Dottirs and A Mother: 51:33 Rx
Lots of fun this morning working with Becka and Jackie! And a little extra fun trying to sabotage the team of Matt, Joe, and Tim 🙂 Needless to say, that did not work. Thank you to Matt for joining us on our final run (with his own sandbag) – that’s true teamwork! Highly motivating! Thanks Frozen for highlighting such an important part of being a person – the ability to work well on a team extends well beyond the playing field.
Just Do It: Team Badger (as in all living off of Badger Rd :-): 45:55 with a 25# bag
So much fun to join Eddie and Chrissie for this one! We set our strategy and communicated well so that made it pretty seamless. They also both run fast and I appreciated the challenge of keeping up! Appreciated the break from weights after doing yesterday’s WOD at 7:30 last night. Still feeling that…
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Team Hot Tin Roof
With Roland and Chris. Jumped in on this one at High noon 44;19 #50 bag. Had a blast with the boys at noon!
Just Do It with DT and Tanvi: 59:48 with the 25# bag. GREAT time getting this done this morning with these two awesome ladies!