I have held a multitude of leadership positions throughout my life. A few of which were as captain of my high school football team, captain of my wrestling team, and swim team coach. One of my challenging leadership positions was being a captain for varsity football and wrestling. In my senior year, I was elected captain of my football team. At the time, I was a linebacker and offensive lineman. As an offensive lineman, I was able to take a more passive role as a leader because the quarterback of our team was also a captain. As a linebacker, however, I was the only captain on the defense that required me to step up my leadership. Linebackers have to know what every position on the defense does and as the captain, I was the one reading the coaches …show more content…
Several times throughout the season I had to physically move defensive linemen to the right spots, tell other linebackers where to blitz, and call the coverage for the defensive backs. One of the biggest challenges about being a football captain was not only the games, but practice as well. Being captain entails motivating your teammates even when you are tired and coming to 6:00-morning practice day after day with a smile on your face ready to work. Or being out in the blazing sun after school every day for a three-hour practice and not complaining. It’s the captain’s job to bring unity and energy to lift the team and spirit. I overcame these challenges through my love of the sport. Every day I am excited and ready for practice. I would study the playbook and film to know what every position does and needs to expect. I was recruited to play at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and now continue my football career as a follower, but hope to be captain of the team one day. Another leadership position that I have held that was challenging was being captain of the varsity wrestling team for three …show more content…
As a captain, it was my job to bring the team together as a team. Even though wrestling events are individual, it is still a team sport that can be brought together through comradery. I created traditions on the team to bring teammates together. One of which was 711 Fridays. This was where the team would make a quick trip to 711 bi-weekly after Friday practice. At the end of the season, we all came together at my house and would have a party as a send-off for the end of the season and the senior's last year wrestling. Over the winter break, my best friend from back home and I went to a couple of practices and were ecstatic with the energy that still existed and the comradery throughout the team. One last leadership role I have held in my life was as a swim team coach. During the summer I was part of a swim team. I would coach as well as swim for the club. This was a fun but challenging experience because it required me to be at the pool 6-7 hours a day and go to swim meets on weekends. One of the biggest aspects of the summer swim club is cheering. Before every swim meet starts, the coaches would have to rally up the swimmers in team
For the past four years, I’ve been a cheerleader for Van Nuys Senior High School, granted that for two years I’ve been the captain. On surface level, a captain’s only job is to be the communicator, and representative for the coach as well as the team. As captain I performed responsibilities such as leading team conditioning, choreographing for the team, in addition to making sure the team is always ready. However, through cheer-leading I’ve learned that, holding the title “captain” is much more than that.
When I found out that I was one of the captains of the Varsity Sideline team, I had a beaming smile and felt satisfied with my achievement. As captain, cheerleaders on the varsity and the JV squads come to me with questions and small issues, and I enjoy the opportunity to help them. I have become even more organized and mature because the coach looks to me for help. Being selected as lead captain has had many rewards, it gave me a boost of confidence and inspired me to campaign for other leadership
Ever since I was little I wanted to be a captain just like my older sister. Back then I thought it was just a cool label, but in my past three years as a TCHS cheerleader I have quickly learned the amount of dedication and hard work this position entails. I qualify for being a captain because I have a good attitude, work well with others, and always put in an effort to work hard.
I’ve demonstrated leadership qualities in various ways throughout my time at high school. During the drafting competition, my group needed some confidence and someone there to help guide them to victory, and I was there to help them. A group works together, but sometimes you need a leader. This leader will help facilitate and get the group to do what they’re supposed to do. I think I helped ease off their nerves and I told them to relax and do how we practiced. This paid off because we placed first place and each of us
Involvement in marching band, field hockey, and various other activities has given me many opportunities to show leadership. My first leadership opportunity was in eighth grade when I became a WEB leader. While I was a WEB leader, I helped incoming sixth graders get adjusted to middle school life and find their classes on the first day. I also met up with the sixth graders in my group once a month at lunch and got to know them while I asked how school was going and helped them with any issues they had. In marching band, this past season I was a marching captain for my section. I helped the freshmen learn to march, demonstrated proper marching techniques for others, and gave advice to anyone having trouble with part of our marching show. At the start of field hockey season I showed leadership by helping new players learn to play field hockey by demonstrating how
Being a leader is no simple task. During my Eagle Scout project, I lead a range of people, from adults to youth. It was my job to make sure everyone was working and, that everyone was capable of doing their task. I had many issues doing this throughout my project because I am only one person and I can’t be everywhere at once. Thusly made being a leader a drudgery. But I had an incredible set of adults guiding me along the way, who taught me that being a leader was not doing everything myself, being a leader
I had little to no motivation for a while and thought that maybe wrestling wasn’t the sport for me. I had shown promise in practice but as soon as I got on the mat for a tournament or duel I just drew a blank. I wasn’t executing any of the techniques I had learned after so many repetitive drills. I wasn’t the only one that had faced such miserable losses but it felt like it. My teammates helped me through my rut by giving me additional advice during practice and being in my corner while I wrestled matches. It was a great feeling knowing that I had people who had my back whenever I needed help. The wrestling team was a close knit group that dealt with all our problems together. We worked hard and played hard together till none of us could go any further. We were each other’s motivation, rivals, and family on and off the mat. If I had any doubts about a match my team thought the exact opposite and made sure that I understood why they believed so. But what made us a strong unit was the fact that we had similar goals and values. None of us wanted to lose and planned to make it past districts. We all wanted to take home hardware not only for our own self recognition but also to bring back a trophy to put on our principal’s desk who just so happened to love the wrestling program about as much as our team. All of us valued the effort that was put into every early morning practice so no one looked down on each other. The connection we had as a team made my experience wrestling all the more worth
The word leadership can mean many things if you were to ask individual people to define it. Some may say, “Oh that’s the person in charge”, others may argue that leadership is a “position of power”. I define leadership as the person that others look to in times of crisis and need that they aspire to follow. A leader is always looking for meaningful ways to take care of those around them, sometimes with discipline and others with a calm voice of reason. Throughout my career I have had many different levels of leadership from junior people that would lend a helping hand to senior leaders that always had my back and the answers to tough questions. The most influential person in my career was a First Class Petty Officer when I was fresh out of school and new to the ship. I had never been to sea and was excited to learn. The next three years were some of the best years of my career. Each day we would do nearly everything together when it came to our equipment, we would troubleshoot complex equipment problems sometimes late
In my own experience leadership is not just about one person telling others what to do; it’s about more than just giving orders. It is about getting a group of people to work together towards a common goal with more than just the goal in mind. It is also not just about setting goals for the group but also setting personal goals for the individual, guiding and supporting them all
Another major role for the captain is to be committed to talk to the players and the coaches and be the link between them. The captain must ensure that there is a constant flow of communication between the players and coaching staff. To accomplish this, the captai...
Whether helping our coaches train new members, being used as examples in the gym or being put in the boat with the least experienced teammate to help them learn the ropes, we were always there. We naturally took on our leadership roles, even out of the boat, making sure teammates were behaving, doing their share of work and organising fun team activities. Through this experience, I learned the value of effective communication, patience, adaptation, and resilience in overcoming problems. My rowing career began at 14 when I found my love of the sport and a deep sense of camaraderie within my team. I've had the privilege of representing my province in several rowing competitions, including the 2022 Canada Games.
The Myth of Chelônê and the Feast of Olympus In ancient times in the land of Greece, the gods of Olympus would hold a feast annually to celebrate the changes of the season to spring. Hermes, the messenger of the gods, invited all the gods and goddesses to attend this feast. The nymph Chelônê alone was not invited to this feast as she had once been invited to the wedding of Zeus and Hera and was turned into a tortoise after refusing to attend. Because of this event, she often found herself isolated from the rest of the gods during celebrations and as such was not invited to this feast.
Being the captain of a team does not mean you are a leader. Sometimes being the captain of a team is a result of a popularity contest. A leader is someone who gives people the tools to succeed by listening, inspiring and encouraging them; is a positive influence on those around him or her; has the courage to do what is right; and can see a problem and finds solutions. Examples of being a leader could be being the first one to practice and the last one to leave; taking care of your teammates, whether it be on the field or in school; standing up against someone who is bullying another person; or mentoring younger athletes. You can be a leader no matter who you are.
Also, I feel like being captain can increase my confidence when I decide to audition. Some qualities that I possess that would make me a good captain include that I am a caring person, I am very dedicated, I communicate well with others, and I have personal discipline. I can have fun and goof off, but I know when it is time to be serious and time to work. I try to have a positive attitude all the time but when I get discouraged with a certain toss, it is definitely hard to keep a positive attitude. I definitely do try to maintain a positive attitude, but it doesn’t always happen.
Being a leader in almost any given situation has been an innate quality that I have possessed for as long as I can remember. I have always found myself nominating myself for leadership positions. My most recent and fulfilling leadership position was in my eleventh and twelfth grade school years when I held the position of Drum Major for Purnell Swett High School’s Marching Rams. Being in this position meant that I had to give up the spotlight of performance, turn my back to the crowd, and lead my fellow band members on and off of the field of competition, high school football games, and community parades. Over the course of these two years, I have learned many defining qualities about myself and have learned how to incorporate these newly learned and innate qualities into my everyday life.