<Snip>    [log in to unmask] wrote:
 
<For example, Coach Schafer's first year at Cornell, he had the entire team
 
<polish the trophies in the trophy case, do a mini-report on the best Cornell
 
<player ever to wear their number, etc.  These certainly qualify as bonding
 
<activities in my book, and the effort was directed toward a positive goal -
 
<reminding the team of the past successes of the program, traditions, etc.
 
EXCELLENT!
Often though bonding rites are carried out by captains, who do not initiate
such constructive and goal orientated efforts. Peer pressure in sports is
another factor that produces unruly behavior in a normally non-rule-breaking
player.
 
 
Vicki
 
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