5 reasons for team sports: why group sports make sense

Do you need a new incentive or an alternative in your training plan? Maybe team sports is the right thing for you**. We have listed the *positive effects* that speak in favour of team sports and might convince you to sign up for a team. When it comes to team sports, you have a wide choice - for example, football, basketball or handball. This is an ideal addition to your training plan and you can add some variety - regardless of whether you usually do your workout in the home gym or sports such as swimming or jogging.

The main prerequisite for increased motivation in group sports is that you feel comfortable in the group. This makes it easier to go to the gym regularly because you meet up with people you enjoy being around. You also have the opportunity to achieve your sporting goals together, which directly increases your motivation to exercise. And if your motivation wanes, the group and the trainer will certainly try to encourage you to keep at it. What's more, in most cases you will have fixed dates to take part in training, which you should stick to. This creates a real feeling of community when training in a group. This will give you increased discipline, which will help you both in sports and in other everyday situations.

Sport in general helps to reduce stress, make you more relaxed and put you in a better mood. The increased motivation of group training improves your mood, which has an impact on your everyday life. This good mood booster is mainly triggered and reinforced by the fact that you can share your sporting success with others.

Especially when you are just starting out with a sport, you often don't know how to add variety to your training. Trainers or the team can help you to try out new training stimuli in the form of new exercises and training plans. This will automatically make your workout more effective because your body is exposed to new stimuli with every workout and your endurance and strength - depending on the sport - can increase more quickly as a result.

The fact that training in a group is also associated with a kind of competition automatically makes you want to improve your performance. This can be explained by the Köhler effect: People are more motivated in a group, which automatically makes you perform better. This effect usually makes you work harder even if you are slightly weaker than others in the group. As a result, your performance will improve more quickly. You will also receive improvement suggestions from the trainer, which will help you to perform exercises more routinely.

Team sports can also increase your self-confidence. You realise that you don't have to master everything perfectly straight away and that you will gradually see improvements in the whole team. You may not know anyone on your new team at the beginning. This also brings with it hurdles and a little discomfort at first. But after a few training sessions, you will certainly feel more comfortable and proud of yourself. Some people in the team will probably start at the same fitness level or with the same knowledge of the sport as you. You don't have to feel uncomfortable here. After all, you're on this course to challenge and improve yourself.

Training in a team not only has positive effects on your sporting goals. It also has an effect on your general well-being, your self-confidence and your discipline. You also get to meet new people and make friends and contacts while playing team sports. This sense of community also increases your motivation. Team sports are the ideal complement to a workout in the home gym or fitness studio.