PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BASKETBALL ATHLETES’ TEAM COMMUNICATION

Abstract

The article presents a theoretical overview and empirical study of the psychological characteristics of basketball players’ team communication. An analysis of the scientific literature showed that the team is considered a small social group, which is determined by certain characteristics. Researchers have identified a large number of team traits that sometimes have conflicting meanings. The main characteristics of teams are grouped according to certain criteria, which allows to comprehensively show the problem of team psychology, team communication, activities, its efficiency. The problem of communication needs more thorough research, because team communication can provide effective group activities. This paper uses methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization and systematization of scientific literature, as well as empirical methods: methods of diagnosing interpersonal relationships T. Leary, which is designed to study the predominant type of attitude towards people in the process of communicative interaction; expert assessments of basketball players, observation included. Qualitative and quantitative analysis, determination of group averages was used to process the results of the empirical study.
Empirical research has shown that an authoritarian style of communication is an accentuated type of attitude in the basketball team. Complementary types in proportion are selfish, aggressive, altruistic, friendly, suspicious, submissive, dependent types of attitude. Among the dominant communicative properties of basketball players we can distinguish dominance, activity, prone to rivalry, authoritarianism, perseverance, but willing to cooperate, cooperate, flexibility and compromise in the process of teamwork.