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Jordan Zeunges (Jordan_zeunges)
Junior Member
Username: Jordan_zeunges
Post Number: 5
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, April 05, 2009 - 9:53 pm: |       |
As a coach how would you handle issues with team captains? Say you appoint one that people do not respond well to at all. In fact he is not liked, nor respected by the team much at all. However, he is the star point guard and leads above everyone else in scoring. However when he is in the game none of the other teammates work half as hard as they do when the other point guard is in. The other captain approaches you about this. What do you do about it? Do you take away the C on his jersey? Do you appoint another captain midway through the season? Or do you let the team keep falling apart game by game? |
Christopher J. Koutsavlis (Ckouts20)
Junior Member
Username: Ckouts20
Post Number: 4
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 7:23 am: | |
All great athletes are not always great leaders. A lot of times, in fact, normal role players are looked up to more by their peers.
I think the best way to appoint captains in the first place is to do it with peer selection. This will ensure that the right selection is made and also gives your team a sense of control. They will feel that it is their team and will take more ownership of their success.
Also, the team captian may not always be the "best player" on the team but will usually be the best leader. Leadership skills are usually recognized by a person peers and they will respond to these types of players better than if you were to always select the most skilled people for the job. |
Valerie Murphy (Vmurphy13)
Junior Member
Username: Vmurphy13
Post Number: 3
Registered: 2-2009
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 - 10:44 am: | |
I would say after playing team sports my whole life that having a problem with a captain is an important issue. I feel that the other captain should try and approach the team before you make a decision on to change the captain or not. Have the team try and work it out together before any big decisions are made |
Dick Moss (Dickm)
Junior Member
Username: Dickm
Post Number: 12
Registered: 5-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 5:09 am: | |
Another option is not to have a single team captain, but to have a "Captain's Council." Anyone who takes a leadership role can write on a resume that they were a member of the Captain's Council. It eliminates some of the problems with elections, bad selections, and with a single athlete being forced to assume all the leadership duties.
You can see an article about this at the following link:
Physical Education Ideas - Captain's Council |
Justin Barie (Jdb4371)
Junior Member
Username: Jdb4371
Post Number: 2
Registered: 9-2009
| | Posted on Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 4:49 pm: | |
In my personal past expierences, it was always an effective strategy to have the players on the team vote before the season begins on who they elect as captain. A captain should be respected and inspirational to his teammates, they don't have to leat the team in stats. It is more important to motivate your teammates. If no solution is found this way, another path would be to alternate captains throughout the season. |
