Sujets :
Main à main - Étude et enseignement
Analyse du mouvement
Relations porteur-voltigeur
Relation professeur-étudiant
Esprit d'équipe
Communication non-verbale (Psychologie)
Communication verbale
Relations entre coéquipiers
Coordination d'équipe
Efficacité collective
Dynamique d'équipe
Petits groupes - Aspect psychologique
Representation mentale

Résumé :
To advance understanding of the mechanisms allowing for team coordination (TC) in complex motor actions, we conducted a qualitative study with eight elite hand-to-hand circus acrobats. Data collection consisted of field observations, an open-ended interview with the participants’ head coach, and focus group interviews with all acrobats. Data analysis yielded three higher order themes: TC, collective efficacy (CE), and TC-CE linkage. Teammates’ shared and complementary mental models, as well as implicit and explicit communication dynamics, emerged as formative sub-themes of TC; self-efficacy and other’s-efficacy emerged as reflective sub-themes of CE. Our findings also suggest that TC is likely inter-related to CE in a systemic fashion. Practitioners should encourage the development of both shared and complementary models of thinking, while promoting verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Finally, increasing teammates’ confidence in themselves and in their teammates can help in the development of CE as well as the enhancement of TC.

Localisation : En commande

DOI  : 10.1075/is.16035.fil