is influenced by the team culture. The team culture is created by the coach. When you are hiring a club coach to take over a team, be sure they have a clear philosophy for the type of team culture (high pressure or laid back, for example) they aim to establish. Due to the high level of peer-group
pressure among the players on a team in a high school setting, the effect of a group mentality has a much greater impact on team performance than at the club level. The group affects performance of the team and of each individual player with direct, indirect and subliminal pressure. The high school player sits in the classroom all day alongside his or her teammates, which provides the opportunity for constant interaction about the team. This interaction creates a deep and
lasting group mentality, team culture and spirit. Consequently, team per- formance on the field is affected. The group takes on its own personality (group mindset) with flaws, incon-
conduct when interacting with a team creates the team culture, which in turn creates the team spirit and the reputation of a program ...
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sistencies, goals, desires, periods of excellence and of failure, just like an individual player does. The key for a coach to influence
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the group in a positive way is with consistency, repetition and patience when imprinting the culture on each member of the group. Determine the culture for the team, refine it with ideas from the school administration, put pen to paper and then sell it to the team at every training session, game and team event. Be consistent with player and team discipline for violat-
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ing this culture, and consistent with praise for adhering to it.
Develop The Group Mindset A group mindset means team cul-
ture, personality and most important- ly, a positive or negative view of the group as a whole. The mindset does not refer to any individual. After un- derstanding the group differences, the coach must strive to create a posi- tive group mindset within the team. Having been on both sides, it is
clear that the high school experi- ence is more important from a social viewpoint than the club experience despite players participating on the club team more months of the year. Players recognize the importance
of having a high school experience, their status within the high school team, their status as part of a success- ful or failing high school team and representing their high school during these formative years. This allows
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