Abstract

This study is aimed to develop and apply a team building program for the improvement of team cohesion and communicative skills and self-examination in university basketball teams and verify the effectiveness in order to promote the study participants’ growth and provide foundational material for research on sports team building. Through interviewing with university basketball team coaches and meeting with an expert group, a team building program with seven sessions for team cohesion, team communication, and self-examination was constructed and then verified for its effectiveness. To verify the effectiveness, structuralized examination sheets (team cohesion, team communication, & self-examination) and experience reports were utilized, and after operating the program, group counseling was carried out about their experience of the program and their growth, and the details were recorded and analyzed. The examination sheets used underwent pre- & post-analysis with SPSS Ver.21 through frequency analysis and nonparametric statistics, and experience reports and materials about group counseling were analyzed inductively through meeting with the expert group. According to the findings, team cohesion, team communication, and self-examination were found to indicate partial difference, and concerning qualitative data, the analysis has shown that they attained the goal in Step 1 (listening carefully, communication, respect, cooperation, & harmony), Step 2 (self-awareness, the importance of compliments, role clarification, positive communication, & the importance of communication among team members), and Step 3 (the team and individuals’ goal setting) respectively.

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