Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Teamwork makes the dream work! When athletes sync up emotionally and physically, how does it affect their performance?

Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) Psychology Professor Chad Danyluck explored male volleyball players' emotional connections and heart rate synchronization during warm-ups. Even though emotional sync and heart rate sync didn't directly correlate, both impacted how players and coaches rated performance.

Emotional sync made players feel like they played better, while coaches linked heart rate sync with better performance.

What does this mean for team sports? Could enhancing sync boost performance?

Learn more here: bit.ly/3WBOheD

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