Team Captain Application Essay

To be a cheer captain, there are many responsibilities and priorities. To be a captain you have to be strong and not afraid to try new things. You need to have a great positive attitude the whole time and not let the drama start on the team. You have to make sure your team is ready for games and practices and make sure everyone knows what they are doing and if not to take it slowly until they get it. Being a captain is a lot of responsibilities but it’s an amazing opportunity. I think I am fit to be the captain, because I can bring all these priorities or tasks in with me. I know not to let my feelings drag the team down and I know that you always have to keep a smile on your face.

As I mentioned before I enjoy playing sports especially volleyball. This year was my third year playing volleyball but it was my first time ever being a captain. Being a captain for the first time was a really good experience for me because not only did I feel as a role model to the newcomers but I was able to show and develop leadership. During the first few days of me trying to get used to the fact of being captain I was under pressure of always having to do good so the teammates would follow, I later understood that I didn’t have to be perfect, that as long as I showed commitment and encouragement it was enough.

One of my goals is to be a leader in a business organization. Being the captain of the swim team sets a concrete foundation of what being a leader is like in a business organization. As the captain I have to make sure everyone is accounted for, keep morale high, talk about issues about an individual on the swim team, and fix said problem. This shows responsibility, character, and sympathy. These are core values that all leaders must have to be successful. Without them, they will

As Vice-President of my student council, I am constantly cooperating with my peers to plan events for the school and community outreach fundraisers. It is not without their approval that I maintain my position today, and together we work cohesively to donate thousands of dollars to local and state causes. Additionally, they help me realize shortcomings so that I may learn from them and improve myself in time to come. During my role with student council, along with captainships in my school track and cross-country teams, I am granted the chance to display servant leadership to better the respective parties. Positions as such require cooperation on many fronts and communication from coaches, athletes, students, and administrators. Among these is the necessity to draw lines. While working as a captain for my team, it follows that the team is my top priority. In team

I take pride in having a strong relationship with every girl from the Frosh/Soph team to the Varsity squad. I may not be a captain, but I know I am an influential leader on the team. I have witnessed my team losing with no spirit and dominating with energy and determination after I come off the bench cheering and high-fiving everyone. It will always be easier for some to give up and blame others for losing or not playing, but it’s more fun to be enthusiastic and spirited. I plan on always being a positive and self-motivated person because there is nothing I love more than hyping up my team and improving their morale, particularly when it helps spur us to

Imagine the pride I felt when Coach Kligman pulled me aside and told me I was to be named Captain. It was one of the biggest honors my fifteen year old self could ever hope to have received as it meant that the team members looked up to me and that coach had faith in my leadership skills. Throughout the season I enjoyed my role by leading by example, demonstrating a positive attitude, motivating the squad and carrying the team members along in our endeavors.The experience has been rewarding, but it also has had its fair share of challenges. The biggest leadership challenge was to keep the team motivated;especially when mistakes were made and during stressful times. I did this by not only walking into every game and each practice excited and ready to go, but being the first to encourage and last to be discouraged.The personal growth I experienced from these challenges was that I learnt to keep things in perspective and to only worry about things that were in my control,such as attitude,effort and preparation. I also grasped how to look at mistakes as learning tools and how to not let the spirit be broken no matter how tough the situation seemed at the

Joining the CWRU volleyball team has been one of the most rewarding, fulfilling, and challenging experiences I have ever been apart of. Being apart of a team can usually be described as a family. We spend countless hours together all working towards a common goal, from conference champions to even an NCAA title. But regardless of that goal being reached, we all continue push each other to be better. By constantly being pushed by coaches and players, I found myself in an environment to develop leadership abilities. As a leader, you also find that teammates will disagree, but I quickly learned to compromise and collaborate with players who did not agree with certain standards set in place. Practices and matches taught me that I will fail constantly,

Since my later years in recreational cheerleading to today in competitive cheerleading, I have been heavily relied on by my coaches and fellow team mates. My coaches wanted me to step up and take charge while simultaneously being a role model for my team. My teammates always looked up to me even when I did not know it. With all the responsibilities on me, I taught myself how to lead. With that came the traits of patience and assertiveness.

Throughout high school, sports have made both a personal and intellectual affect on me, they have made me grow into the individual I am today. Sports have taught me to work together with others for the same goal, communicate better, discipline, and leadership skills. Being a student athlete has forced me to manage my time, work, and social life. I have had to balance work, school, sports, and my own life all at once, doing this has given me many valuable life lessons along the way. The most important lesson learned was that every player makes mistakes on the court, field, and in life each and every day. A mistake is something to overcome and learn from, without mistakes we wouldn’t be the individuals were are today. Being a leader is extremely

During my undergraduate career, I have found myself involved in various leadership roles. My favorite one that I gained valuable experience from was becoming captain of my school’s mock trial team. Being captain this year has meant taking on a much larger responsibility in the club;

During my junior I had the chance to experience being a leader. I have experienced this leadership by playing Lacrosse. I am co-captain of the girl’s team and we have had many disputes but we overcome them. My role as the co-captain was to assist when the captain was not there and to help out. One of my traits that I have is that I love to help out. I love when people ask for help and I am always happy to do so. My team and I have never won a game, yet I still tell my teammates to keep a positive attitude and that we still need to tried our best. When most people fail at something in their life, they tend to think that they are no good and give up. So when we kept on losing they all had bad attitudes and kept thinking we would not win. I have

Take every chance that there is to get better. If there are weights or any type of workout at 6:00 A.M., never miss it. Don’t take away any chances of getting better, when there are kids out there who can’t even try to get better because of health issues or injuries. When others see someone on the team wanting to get better, it makes them become a little more motivated to do the same. That’s a big part of leadership right there. A leader is someone who will admit that they are wrong and will say when they don’t know what the right answer is. Learning from the mistakes that are made is a big step for some and it might just be the step someone needs to master in order to be considered a good leader. It might be tough, but it’ll feel great after that person accomplishes it. A leader is someone who wants to teach little kids that things are possible. They want to be a great role model for those kids that are hoping to be just like them one day. Be the one that all the kids look up to just because of the type of person and athlete that you are. Part of being a good leader is teaching the little ones how to play the game. Give back to the community, as they are always there supporting athletics, no matter which sport. Clearly, there is so much more to being a leader than what the dictionary says, and other people will say the same thing.

As a football player I have always been considered as a leader on the team. My senior year of high school my head coach called and talked to me on the phone saying how far I could take the team by leading them. I was always first in conditioning, working hard in the weight room, working hard in the class room, and being smart on the football field. Our football team also had other leaders but these leaders were the type that wanted everybody to do what they say and they also just thought they was the best players on the team. I never been the type to be loud and to be wild, I was the silent type that led by example.

The new assistant coach had mistaken me for a senior. At the time, I was just a sophomore, and she not only thought I was a senior, but that I was also the captain of the team. She said it was the way I composed myself, and how the other team members focused their attention on me. “It’s quite inspiring to watch actually,” she stated, “when I saw you talking to everyone on the team I saw a leader”. I started to discover that I am able to inspire the people around me; elevating them to their greatest potential. They enjoy the way they feel when they’re around me. When they fall, I help them back up. When they frown, I force them to laugh or even just crack a little smile. Knowing that I am someone that makes others feel like the best, joyful versions of themselves makes me feel like I can make an impact in the world even if it’s a small one. The Head Manager where I lifeguard once told me that, “Even when you’re having a bad day you’re still able to have a smile on your face, and that amazes me.” To have the ability to change the people around you for the better is life-changing in itself. I strive to be the type of leader that inspires others to maximize their

According to Kevin Blue of Michigan State University, the three C’s of being a captain are: caring, courageous, and consistent. An effective captain needs to connect with her teammates, not be afraid to take charge or step up and they need to consistently provide support and effective communication to the girls who are looking up to them. Being a leader of a team is more than simply being called a captain; it is a role that requires leadership, strength, traits of understanding and connecting with others, and never ending hard work. Leadership is crucial and effective in regards to achieving success; and throughout my years here at St. Joe's I learned how to be acquire these skills from observing the past leaders and from becoming as involved