The strong currents of internal conflict in an athlete's mind can severely impact performance on court and the athlete's well-being off-court. For an athlete competing in an individual sport, the luxury to fall back on a team does not exist. Individual sports keep the athlete extremely honest and also add a lot of stress on them.

Team sports involve close collaboration and cooperation between team members and intense competition versus the opposing team. Having a set of highly talented and skilled individuals requires dealing with people from different backgrounds, varying perspectives as well as different points of views and opinions. The ability to get a team to function cohesively and at its optimum requires awesome conflict transformation skills by the athletes and the supporting ecosystem - ensuring that the focus stays on the team performance and all team dynamics cater to that end in mind.