Summary: Observing A Soccer Team

Observing a group allows for one to identify the behaviors and relationships of participating members. Every movement, response, verbal and nonverbal communication is taken into account for to distinguish how each member feels about certain topics and discussions. When observing a primary group, the observer is dealing with an abundant amount of personal and shared relationships among the members. These members are involved in this group to merely socialize, there is no common threshold for the members and so the communication is disorganized and informal. Secondary groups extend to a vast majority of small groups, including committees, activity groups, self-help groups etc. The members of secondary
Without ethical behavior the teammates would constantly argue, therefore directly affecting the whole team and the team’s victories and its season as a whole. The guiding principles were clearly evident and important aspects of each individual player during the observation. Clearly evident was the guiding principle that all members must contribute their fair share to the group’s effort. If all members of the team were to not contribute equally then the equilibrium of the team would be off. Those playing too much would be exhausted, while those not playing would be hyper and overaggressive to fellow teammates. In order to maintain the poise of the team, there must be an impartial amount of contributions from each teammate. The teammates that were observed all contributed proportionate playing time and proportionate feedback toward one another and toward the coaches, to ensure they were listening to what others had to say. Another guiding principle observed was that which states, group members should always treat one another with respect. A sports team or a club of any sort that has no respect will ultimately fail in the end. Respect for others is the key to success in all that one will do in life. The players observed congratulated fellow players and opposing players on exceptional plays. By having respect for themselves individually, fellow teammates, and opposing teammates, the team had a positive and healthy
The coach (an action- oriented speaker and listener) gave suggestions to each player going on the field and changed the plays often to obtain goals. The players listened carefully to directions and suggestions and when it came time, they acted accordingly to what the coach had told them. Like in all groups however, the 4 listening preferences were witnessed among the team members. Action- oriented listeners were those that paid no mind to anything but the coach when he was speaking, and helped keep the main task in mind for the rest of the group by using motivational language. These listeners were participating in the game in order to complete the task of winning, in spite of this, they often interrupted fellow teammates when they wanted to contribute to discussions about the game. The only other clearly identifiable listener were the people-oriented listeners. There were not many teammates with this type of listening preference, yet those that did show behaviors relating to this preference were attentive to the coach as well but were also chatty on the field and on the sideline. They conversed and joked around, and did not take the game as serious as the action-oriented listeners did. One downfall of these kind of listeners is that they may become too preoccupied by others and their problems to concentrate on the task ahead of