Study On The Characteristics Of The Sports Group In Performance Rhythmic Gymnastics

Abstract

This study brings to the attention of field specialists the importance of group theory in the practice of performance sport by rhythmic gymnastics teams. The topic addressed is part of a longitudinal experimental research conducted on the national group team and illustrates the optimal training concept. The instructional strategies identified, studied and assessed in this research focused on the major operational objectives of high-performance sports activity and circumscribed around three defining aspects of sporting success: the individual, the group and the organisation of training. Starting from the premise according to which building a homogeneous, cohesive sports group is a priority objective of the activity carried out by teachers-coaches, we aimed to establish the criteria regarding the formation, development and manifestation of the rhythmic gymnastics sports group and to identify interpersonal relationships within the team, in terms of cohesion factors. Such an approach will finally allow the implementation of efficient action-oriented and ameliorative methods in order to make up a homogeneous and cohesive group and achieve the proposed performance objectives. The technique used to measure the expression of group relationships was the sociometric one. The obtained results highlight the group cohesion and dynamics, as well as the existence of homogeneity imposed by both the specificity of the event and the training activity, which lasts long and is much more intense than sports competition.