Successful team building: how to motivate your team

Interview with sports psychologist and team coach Markus Flemming

A group of people in green sportswear stand in a circle, laughing and holding hands.
In team sports, it is always a question of team work.

Cohesion plays a decisive role in every team, because it has a great influence on motivation and thus on the success of the team. Sports psychologist and team coach Markus Flemming reveals in an interview why team spirit is so important and what helps to strengthen a sense of togetherness and team spirit and motivate the team.

A wide variety of sports can only function in a closely-knit team: be it volleyball, esports or running teams. In addition to good technique, strategy and fitness, it is always the interaction of the individual team members that determines whether the team enjoys the game and success - or not.

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Four athletes in red tops with race numbers celebrate on a track while waving a red flag.

A diagram of the Team Building Pyramid according to Joop Alberda, showing seven levels from bottom to top: Consistent Game Mechanisms, Goals and Strategies, Mutual Dependence and Group Work, Roles and Responsibilities, Rules and Moral Values, Leading and Decision Making, and Communication.

A man with blond hair and blue eyes wears a black polo shirt with a white collar.

A group of rowers in a rowboat on a lake, cheering with their arms raised, conveying team spirit and motivation.

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A group of children in blue and white sportswear stand in a circle with arms around each other's shoulders, demonstrating teamwork and unity during a sports activity.

Several hands of people of various skin tones are stacked together in the center of a table, symbolizing teamwork and collaboration, with charts and a tablet visible in the background.

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Photo credits: Title of the picture: ©gettyimages/fstop123, Picture 1: © gettyimages/Chris Ryan, Picture 2: © owayo, Picture 3: © Markus Flemming, Picture 4: © gettyimages/Chris Ryan, Picture 5: © gettyimages/Wavebreakmedia, Picture 6: © gettyimages/SARINYAPINNGAM.

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