Each season captains are selected. For the 2023 season, Sadie Jaggers returns along with new captains Grace Gentile and Leah Fowke. Captains serve as liaisons between Coach Scott Celli and the team, promote collaboration, teamwork, and improvement.
Who 'trains' you to lead? Without followers, there are no leaders. Leaders remember PUSH-T(hrough)
P - Purpose (Have a successful season)
U - Unity (Do what is best for the team)
S - Servant leadership (You are and represent the community)
H - Humility (Don't think less of yourself; think less about yourself.)
T - Thankfulness (Appreciate the opportunity you have)
Alabama football coach, Nick Saban, includes lessons in his book, How Good Do You Want to Be. Here are a half dozen from Chapter 5 on Leadership:
- Great leaders allow the team to take ownership of the rules. Do nothing that will compromise or embarrass the team. The best teams are led by players.
- Great leaders pick their battles. Is it worth a fight?
- Great leaders hire good people. "Hire tough." That also implies allowing non-contributors or malcontents to leave.
- Great leaders make tough decisions. "Coaches and leaders make decisions based on what is best for the team."
- Great leaders accept responsibility.
- Great leaders insist on excellence. "How you do anything is how you do everything?" What are your processes, your habits, your followup to measure progress?
Lagniappe (something extra). Develop consistent technique. Study the slow motion video. Practice coordinating the footwork/runup, the launch, and the swing itself. You can put up a line and throw a tennis ball over it to simulate the attack. Find a teammate to take cellphone video to study your improvement. "Form begets function."
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