As sport continues to develop, so does the research into the study of sport

... As sport continues to develop, so does the research into the study of sport. It is now recognised how the psychological state of an athlete is as important as the athlete's physical fitness. Many club and national sports teams have employed sport psychologists to help individuals or teams to identify problems off the sporting field, to increase team spirit or to aid other psychological found variables that influence an athlete's or teams performance. Scheinberg (2003) stated that "an efficient and effective sports team is a collection of two or more athletes who have a common identity, set of goals, objectives and fate. Its members show structured patterns of interaction and styles of communicating. They view the structure of the team in the same ways. There is a mutual reliance upon one another to be connected personally and perform their skills. In other words, the team is a source of mutual

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