A team is defined as “a distinctive collection of two or more individuals who interact in a dynamic, interdependent, and adaptive manner toward a common, valued goal” (Chen). It's extremely frustrating to be part of a "team", and yet you find yourself among the few people who are passionate about what they do while you give 110% in every practice, match and competition. For us, this is one of the most frustrating dilemmas we face every day. As a member of the Clemson University cheerleading team, we find ourselves frustrated during practice more often than enjoying practice. This is what led us to undertake research on personal motivation, more precisely on team motivation. Originally, we thought that in order to motivate others on our team, we needed to be positive, motivated role models ourselves. However, after spending time studying team motivation, we found that it is much more complex than initially thought. The team we will be referring to is the Clemson University competitive cheerleading team. Trials were held in November, but the only competition we compete in, the NCA Nationals, is in April. When this team was formed in November, we trained once a week for a few hours and the practices weren't too intense considering we had 5 months to prepare. The choreography, where we learned our entire routine for nationals, took place in February and that's when our frustration set in. After the choreography, it's time to get serious and work hard. Competitive cheerleading is not easy and performing a routine to the best of one's ability takes a lot of time and effort to perfect. With 2 months left and only 2-3 workouts per week, we didn't have time to waste a...... middle of paper ......chologue, 57(9), 705-717. Extract on April 3, 2011 from http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.lib.clemson.edu/dedail? BGL2Z Q%3D %3d#db=pdh&AN=amp-57-9-705Sonnentag, S. & Volmer, J. (2010). What you do for your team is up to you: a multi-level inquiry into individual goal specification, team goal clarity, and individual performance. Human Performance, 23(2), 116-130. Retrieved April 4, 2011 from http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content?file.txtWilliams, HM, Parker, SK and Turner, N. (2010), Proactively Performing Teams: The Role of Team Design work, transformational leadership and team composition. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 83: 301-324. Retrieved April 3, 2011 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1348/096317910X502494/full