As previously mentioned, volleyball is a sport that requires a great deal of team chemistry and communication. It is worth the time to bond with each other and learn to trust the players on the team. Without full trust, miss communication such as who should get a ball happens more often. There are a lot of different activities that can be done to build team trust.
One great activity is the trust fall. Everyone has a partner and one person is the catcher and one person falls into their arms being caught underneath the armpits. You should start with just this than gradually make it harder by walking and then falling backwards into the partner who follows. Also, falling from a box jump or something higher up into the entire team is a good trust fall but is a little more dangerous for risk of injury.
Another activity is called minefield. Once again, partners are used to walk through an area on the ground with obstacles (can be any objects for obstacles). One partner is blind folded while the other directs the partner through with words only from one end to the other without stepping on the "mine". This can also be more team oriented by having the entire team get 1 or 2 people through the minefield at a time.
There are plenty more activities that can be done but these are basic and traditional ways to build team trust. Does anyone have other suggestions that they feel really worked?
I agree that trust activities really help build team chemistry. In highschool we did the trust falls but also, we had the team stand side by side and across from each other holding hands with crossed arms. The trusting person had to walk across the teams arms blindfolded. We had a spotter on each side though, just in case they lost their balance. Another activity we did was a free run. Partners would hold hands, one was blindfolded. They would begin by walking and then gradually increase the pace to a fast run. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, trust is an important, and if team members can trust each other then they typically can play so much better because they are not making silly mistakes. If you cant trust each other then their are definatly going to be problems.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty cool how you talked about something other than the physical and nutritional points in sports. Because in any team sport you need to know you can rely on you other teamates and know what they will do because that is what can make or break a team.
ReplyDeleteTrust is a key aspect on any time, because you trust the other players to do the right thing. I found this interesting because many people just focus like nick said about physical and nutritional aspects but never like emotional. Trusting your teammates is a crucial part in building the morale and can make any team even better. Even if the team is very physically fit and athletic if the players don't trust each other then you really have nothing to advance the team.
ReplyDeleteI agree, trust is very important in any team. A team that trust's one another will go further to support eachother. Trust enhances a team overall because the team works together better and goes out of there way to help one another.
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