Effect Of Team Cohesion Intervention Programme On Players Of Indian Football League

The objective of the present study is to determine whether implementation of a team- cohesion intervention programme can enhance the team cohesion and self confidence of athletes and decrease cognitive and somatic anxiety which in turn can be fostered by a three-pronged strategy of goal setting, open communication and leadership. The participants were 28 club football players competing in the Indian Football league. Each participant completed the Group Environment Questionnaire and Competitive State Anxiety Inventory-2, which assessed different aspect of cohesion and Cognitive and Somatic anxiety and self confidence at both the beginning and end of the programme. The team cohesion intervention programme was given for twelve weeks. The data was analyzed using t-ratio. After analyzing the data, significant differences were found between the pre-intervention test and post-intervention test. Overall results indicated that the team cohesion intervention programme using team goal setting, open communication and leadership were an effective team cohesion tool for enhancing cohesiveness and self confidence and reducing cognitive and somatic anxiety in football players.