LEADERSHIP.
Team work is something that I thrive on. I have been on a soccer team for 15 years and previously a track team for 7 years. Participating in team sports from such an early age has given me an excellent work ethic and leadership opportunities. Soccer has given me the ability to work cooperatively with and influence others and track has developed an individual drive to excel within me. My various coaches throughout the past fifteen years have taught me the importance of commitment, team work, and quality work ethic. Every practice I’m pushed to my limits in order to improve myself as an athlete. This philosophy has carried into my everyday life. I set my agenda each day to accomplish my priorities first and I do not compromise. Doing so, people have looked up to me as a role model or leader. Freshman through senior year I was awarded by my soccer team most inspirational. My senior year of high school I was the captain of the varsity soccer team. As captain, I represented my team in games and it was my job to communicate on behalf of my team to the refs, keep my teammates from overreacting or getting kicked off the field. There are many small jobs that come along with being captain that cannot be overlooked like making sure the team knows what jersey to wear on game day, what color practice shirt to wear, creating locker signs, writing encouragement notes on game day, and constantly being an example, on and off the field. People looked up to me as captain and I was careful to never become power-hungry and look down on my teammates, instead I treated them as equals, and when any of them demonstrated leadership, I would follow. I've been taught that to be a great leader you must first be a follower. If there were ever problems on the team, they would be brought to my attention and we would try to figure out a fair solution. Most of the time, if there was a conflict (for example, some people wanted to wear black jerseys while others wanted to wear white) we would take a vote and majority would rule. Other times, if it got out of hand, I would make an executive decision and just let it be. Overall, the best way to improve team effectiveness is to simply get along with each other. In order to do that, we would have team bonding. Once a week we would have a team dinner and on the weekends we would sometimes hang out or go to the movies which greatly increased our compatibility as a team. I also learned that although it's easier to point the finger when there is disagreement, it's much more beneficial to focus on the matters that everyone does agree on in order to stay united.
Team work is something that I thrive on. I have been on a soccer team for 15 years and previously a track team for 7 years. Participating in team sports from such an early age has given me an excellent work ethic and leadership opportunities. Soccer has given me the ability to work cooperatively with and influence others and track has developed an individual drive to excel within me. My various coaches throughout the past fifteen years have taught me the importance of commitment, team work, and quality work ethic. Every practice I’m pushed to my limits in order to improve myself as an athlete. This philosophy has carried into my everyday life. I set my agenda each day to accomplish my priorities first and I do not compromise. Doing so, people have looked up to me as a role model or leader. Freshman through senior year I was awarded by my soccer team most inspirational. My senior year of high school I was the captain of the varsity soccer team. As captain, I represented my team in games and it was my job to communicate on behalf of my team to the refs, keep my teammates from overreacting or getting kicked off the field. There are many small jobs that come along with being captain that cannot be overlooked like making sure the team knows what jersey to wear on game day, what color practice shirt to wear, creating locker signs, writing encouragement notes on game day, and constantly being an example, on and off the field. People looked up to me as captain and I was careful to never become power-hungry and look down on my teammates, instead I treated them as equals, and when any of them demonstrated leadership, I would follow. I've been taught that to be a great leader you must first be a follower. If there were ever problems on the team, they would be brought to my attention and we would try to figure out a fair solution. Most of the time, if there was a conflict (for example, some people wanted to wear black jerseys while others wanted to wear white) we would take a vote and majority would rule. Other times, if it got out of hand, I would make an executive decision and just let it be. Overall, the best way to improve team effectiveness is to simply get along with each other. In order to do that, we would have team bonding. Once a week we would have a team dinner and on the weekends we would sometimes hang out or go to the movies which greatly increased our compatibility as a team. I also learned that although it's easier to point the finger when there is disagreement, it's much more beneficial to focus on the matters that everyone does agree on in order to stay united.
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