My coach said that my soccer team needs a leader. I know that I'm a leader, but how do I show him that?

Question

He also says we need to be more competitive in our practices, how do you do that if you are only doing little drills?

Answer 1

Show him you're a leader by encouraging other players on your team, make them work harder, play faster, etc. You have to show him that you can work with your team, get them organized, and just make them the best that they can be. As for the drills, don't just walk around when you did your part, stay active, follow up the plays, make sure you're doing exactly what he told you to do, and just make sure everything you do you mean it, instead of the drill just being a drill, take it into a real-life game situation. Then it's at a whole new level.

Answer 2

Some pointrs to stand out a leader on your team
1. Givw the other teammates encouragement,while your running drills
i.e. could say "Nice run!"after someone competes something,
2. Keep the drills proper without having your coach have to do it, if you see a drill going a muck or getting sloppy without being cocky all them on it, or just step ouyt and tell them where they are going wrong . Give the guys ponters (without being cocky) and just genrally

Show the coach the determination you have for the game through your enthusiasm, this doesn't mean chasing every stray ball, but execute the coaches orders and help the other out.
Also try getting the team together outside of practice to play if you feel you are only doing drills and thus can't practice competitve play, you guys can scrimmage and give each other pointers playing on your own time.
Good luck

Answer 3

Isabella,
Great question. I hope you can hear my answer.
Don't worry about the coach. The responsibility of a leader is to lead as that is what leaders do. It is their nature to do so.
When someone is leading its a given that someone is being lead. And if someone is being lead its not a secret-it's plainly seen. In short, your coach already knows you're a leader. What we might be dealing with here isn't a coach who fails to recognise your leadership but rather a coach who wants something more from a leader. It's one thing to lead at game time when you're out there on the field, but you seem to take the practices lightly cause they aren't what you think they should be. The coach has his reasons for what he does and he wants a leader to lead during practice, to lead her teamates to follow his program. So be the first one at practice. Practice as if it was game time and the game depended on this practice. And lastly, be the last one to leave practice.
Let me tell you about an old football coach of mine. During practice he would end the practices by having us all run wind sprints. This is after we were all tired and wanted to head to the locker room. But he would line us up an make us run these 50 yard sprints. And when we did it he would tell us we were shammin and to do it again. We may have run those sprints four or five times before he would release us to the locker rooms. I hated those sprints, but in my anger I ran as hard as I possibly could an my teamates in their pride didn't want me to cross the line ahead of them so they were right with me. I didn't understand these sprints untill we got about three games into the season. We were trailing our main rivals by 4 points with about three minutes left in the game. It was one of those hard games where you had to put everything on the field. Nobody was making any crucial mistakes to help the other so you just had to do it. In those last three minutes we one the game. We had just a little extra energy the other team didn't have. You know why? It was those wind sprints the coach would have us run when we were tired.
Give your coach a little credit.

Answer 4

Sorry kiddo but it wouldn't matter if it were your dad or what? Always someone will yell at you. Be glad you are experiencing it that from him because that is part of leadership. A leader takes the hard stuff. And sometimes from even the ones you think should not be doing it. No one likes to be a leader cause it takes too much psychological pressure. If you are able to bear up under him and his rantings. You can bear up the criticism of anyone. In my book you already started your course on leadership. You're going to be great. One day he's going say years from now..or days.. I'm really proud of you. Or maybe you will see it in his eyes. Take this from the one who love you the most and is pushing you to be the best leader he's ever seen. Did you know that Tiger Woods dad cheated on him so many times when he played golf with him as a kid. To push him to be the best and toughest mentally especially when he knew one day Tiger would play professionally.

Answer 5

First of all don't act all that...I learned this the hard way. Coaches love when you help out the weaker players on your team. If you see they are doing something wrong, give them a hand and patiently help them out, or during a scrimmage tell people where they are supposed to be. You must be responsible, do not goof off, come to practice on time, and do not disrespect the coach in any way. Lastly, try to make conversation with the coach about what you think your team should do differently in the next game.

Answer 6

You don't. You show your teammates that. If you are a leader, you lead. The best leaders lead by example, my father always taught me. So, be more competitive in practices. Speak up to the coach for the others, as a leader would do defending his/her flock.
Do your best. Have fun!

Answer 7

pump up your team and keep them motivated when things aren't going so well. always be early, stay late, and help with set up of your equipment.

also...dont try to be the star...coaches hate that and you'll just come of as a show off rather than a leader.

Answer 8

aggressive also means working hard and not goofing off, so do that during drills. i'm the captain of my team, so i am the leader of my team and i'm the one who leads warm-ups, gives contructive criticism, also telling my team mates "nice try" or "good idea" when they mess up, working hard, and beingn a leader also means having enough skill in the game to be an example for others. good luck!

Answer 9

show him by motivating, encouraging and pretty much helping out the rest of your team...without it being too obvious that you are only doing it for captaincy...

be early to training and put in 110% into all drills... attack as hard as you can and defend as if that ball is your favourite thing in the world...

but most of all...if your coach chooses someone else, support them as you would have liked them to support you...

good luck and i hope this helps

f xxx

Answer 10

tackle hard, score goals. if u r in attack, u need 2 score lots of goals & assist your team mates in scoring too. if u r a defender, u have 2 tackle hard & show that u can cover up 4 team mates. if u r in the midfield, u need 2 dictate the pace of the match, the attack