Process goals enhance cohesion by providing daily successes that are accomplished by the team together. An example of a process goal is to have one less error in today's scrimmage. The team must focus on the positive aspects of practice and competition. Dwelling on negative outcomes or mistakes may cause the team to lose sight of it's goals. It is difficult to re-focus once distractions become the focus of attention.
Cohesion is sometimes difficult to understand and to develop.
One consistent finding in research, however, is that cohesion seems to be an important aspect of success in sport and that goal setting can aid in the development of task cohesion. In conclusion, success increases task cohesion and in turn, cohesion increases goal related success. Team structure and success as related to cohesiveness and leadership . The application of goal setting to sports . This is a SCAM FREE Zone.