Different things can add up in different ways whilst reaching an identical solution, just as ‘eleven plus two’ forms an anagram of ‘twelve plus one’ (Margot Gleave, A Classical Education) Teams are dynamic entities that change as the team develops (Moran & Toner, 2017). But what is a team? It is a collection of two or more individuals with a common identity, a shared purpose, who interact with, and depend upon, each other (Carron & Brawley, 2008). And popularly, people believ

Sport psychologists receive enquiries from coaches and managers about how they can get their team to function better. The coaches and managers wish to know how they can get the most out of their squads when it matters most with unbreakable team spirit. Researchers have explored how we can increase cohesion, communication, and confidence, as well as clarifying roles and undertaking those roles with acceptance, precision, and respect. Paradis and Martin (2012) offered a few way

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement. Matt Biondi, American Olympic swimmer (1965–). Succeeding seems gruelling. All the time, all the effort, all the sacrifices and so on. But what if we are looking at success in the wrong ways? What we mean here is that we often miss out on the signposts that are fundamental to our success. A purpose, process and progress are so easy to remember and use, we might dismiss them in favour of something more complex. Thi