It appears that the England cricketer Marcus Trescothick's "stress" problems have been much more acute since England started to play back-to-back Test Matches (2 high-intensity five-day internationals with only 2 or 3 days between them). Until a few years ago there was always a nine day gap between Tests. Is he someone for whom the mateyness of the team environment gets to feel overwhelming after a couple of weeks intensely together? Should the team management be making sure he spends quiet time with a book between Tests rather than "team bonding"?
Are there other high-profile sports team players for whom peace and quiet between games is better than a highly stimulating team environment?
2006-09-08 23:02:30 · 2 answers · asked by MBK 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
It's probably best in sports like football, where everyone is together at the same time, but sports like cricket it's probably best to have some time apart because there is a large individual element to it
2006-09-08 23:08:57 · answer #1 · answered by the man at your window 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not, it depends on how each player is motivated, if a player has a self image of being on the outside of the group and uses this self alienation to drive himself and thrives on his anger and other negative emotions then he will become a lower performing player if he becomes integrated in the team, but in the case of most players in a team game its good to have a bond between players.
Not sure how it all applies to cricket as I hate cricket as it bores me.
2006-09-09 10:12:31 · answer #2 · answered by Dirk Wellington-Catt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋