Personal Best Leadership Experience Essay

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It is hard for me to choose a personal best leadership experience. Many of these opportunities occurred in my various soccer teams. Often I was just a player, I had heart, but mostly played to win and keep everyone’s spirits up. The higher levels of soccer I played, the more passionate I became about the game. A time in particular that sticks out to me would have to be my sophomore year of high school. This was my second year playing for the Cartersville High school varsity team. I was still young and in comparison to all the other players quite small. I rode out the season playing a more and more as it went on, and learning the style of play I was supposed to be able to lead the team to play when I became an upperclassman. The game in particular was against St. Pius X in the State playoffs. I was clocking in some playing time and getting into the game. This was the season, I just knew it, that we could win the state championship. The first goal was scored against us and my teammate’s heads dropped, but I was still into it. I yelled and tried to keep morale up, but only to some avail. Some of the guys kept their heads down and accepted their fates, but some came back with renewed passion to go out with a bang. We made crisp passes and worked together making it more difficult for Pius to dictate the game. Unfortunately, St. …show more content…

If one individual decides to take the reins and try to turn something around, others will follow. Of course there will still be ones who are stubborn and don’t even try, but it is better to have a few working hard to get others to work, than an entire team not working at all. I also learned that all you have to do is act like you know what you’re doing, you don’t necessarily have to know what is happening. Sometimes you have to make the jump and hope for the best possible outcome when no alternative is

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