THE INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY AND NARCISSISM ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SPORTS PERSONS

Sports psychologists work not only with the individual athlete but also with the team. How best to mild a group of individual athletes into a coherence team performing at its best is an ongoing question and challenge for coaches and team leaders. A knowledge of group dynamics, social perception how people perceive, think about, respond to each other, and individual differences in personality are all essential to motivating and leading a collection of athletes into a smoothly functioning team that makes the best use of each individual player's strengths.