A case study of a collapsing handball team

摘要: Collective collapse in team sports, conceived terms of negative psychological momentum when the players on a suddenly perform below expected level despite having had good start, was investigated involving nine male from an elite handball team. Semi-structured interviews were employed. The major causes collective found to be inappropriate behavior, failure role system function properly, communication within team, change tactics opposing and goals being scored by that Factors seen as needing dealt with prevent included thinking, emotions, emotional contagion. study provides perspective well tentative proposals for avoiding collapse.