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Sports Captain Speeches

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With the opportunity of a fresh start in front of us, I believe now is the time to make the changes this program needed five plus seasons ago. My first year on the team was both very exciting and intimidating. It couldn’t have been more than two days into the season before I was taken under the wing of senior captain Laura. She began to teach me the ropes of the program I would dream of leading myself one day. As a new captain, Laura explained to me her goals as a leader and what she hoped to bring to the Prior Lake Girls’ Hockey Team. As I look back to the very beginning of my high school hockey career, I have yet to see this team achieve the goals Laura set that year. What I will write about is what I have learned what makes some leaders more successful than other, and why …show more content…

All have shown both good and bad traits of being a leader and I have taken note of the traits that made one captain a more successful leader than the other. What I believe make the best captains the best captains are their efforts to create a competitive, but supportive team atmosphere/culture, obtain strong communication skills with both teammates and coaches, be able to lead by example on and off the ice, and most importantly represent the excitement of hockey and have an eagerness to improve every day. Now the big question, why am I the best candidate for captain this upcoming season? Because our team has lacked what I have learned to be the most important trait of successful hockey teams. As a whole, we haven’t had enough fun, we haven’t shared enough excitement, and we definitely haven't encouraged each other to improve individually. These are the factors I have been trying to bring to this team for the last five seasons because I love the game and it would be way more fun to share this love with my teammates rather than just by

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