DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP ON SPORTS TEAMS SHARON LEUNG HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL APPEC 2016

LEADERSHIP IS A MATTER OF HAVING PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU AND GAIN CONFIDENCE, SEEING HOW YOU REACT. IF YOU ARE IN CONTROL, THEN THEY ARE IN CONTROL.

6 QUALITIES OF THE WORLD’S BEST CAPTAINS 1. THEY ARE THE HARDEST WORKERS 2. THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR TEAMMATES 3. BEST CAPTAINS ARE HONEST, TRUSTWORTHY 4. THE BEST CAPTAINS RESPECT EACH OF THEIR TEAMMATES 5. THE BEST CAPTAINS CARE PASSIONATELY 6. THE BEST CAPTAINS ARE RELENTLESSLY COMPETITVE AND COMPELLED TO WIN

WHAT ATTRIBUTES/CHARACTERISTICS WOULD YOU WANT/VALUE FROM YOUR TEAM’S CAPTAIN? EXERCISE 1

10 ATTRIBUTES OF A GOOD TEAM CAPTAIN TEAM LEADER ORGANIZER POSITIVE THINKER RECOGNIZES TEAMMATES SKILLS UTILIZES TEAMMATES ABILITIES ENSURES UNSELFISH TEAM/COURT PLAY STEPS UP IN VARIETY OF SITUATIONS – CRUNCH TIME/PRACTICE TIME CREATES A HARMONIOUS WORKING RELATIONSHIP TAKES TIME TO KNOW HIS/HER TEAMMATES MENTORS HIS/HER TEAMMATES

CANDID RESPONSES #1 - MAKES ME EXCITED TO PLAY BETTER THAN I THINK I CAN #2 - ROLE MODEL - I WANT TO BE LIKE ________, THEY ARE CALM YET FIERCE COMPETITORS #3 - ALWAYS SEES THINGS FROM THE POSITIVE SIDE, TAKES PRESSURE OFF #4 – ORGANIZES US TO DO THINGS OFF COURTS SO THERE IS A SENSE OF “BROTHERHOOD”/FAMILY #5 – TEAM’S BEST CHEERLEADER WITHOUT BEING CORNY!

HKIS CAPTAINCY COURSE FIRST SATURDAY OF SCHOOL YEAR RUNS PARALLEL TO AMBASSODORSHIP/CLUB LEADER TRAINING 8-9 AM SPORT SPECIFIC (INTRO TO NFHS COURSE 9 – 9:45 ADMINSTRATORS’ PANEL 10 – 10:45 COMMUNICATION / ORGANIZATION 11:00 – 11:45 ROLE OF CAPTAIN ON/OFF THE PLAYING COURT/FIELD/POOL, ETC 11:45 LUNCH AFTERNOON - CLUB LEADERS, AMBASSADOR SPECIFIC TRAINING 2016 ATTENDEES – 48 ATHLETES ATTEND / 29 COMPLETED NFHS COURSE/CERTIFICATE COURSE NOT REQUIRED TO BE A CAPTAIN BUT IT IS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR BEING A CAPTAIN

CERTIFICATION http://nfhslearn.com NFHSlearn for you Sign In / Register Students Captain’s Course Order Course (it’s free)

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!!