Competitive Soccer Experience

My experience of playing competitive soccer shaped my leaderships skills more than any other experience I have had. I played on a big team with a great group of friends in middle school and we were one of the best teams in the state. I was one of the defensive players on the team. Defensive positions are some of the most important on the field because they organize and control the position and movements of the whole team during games. Playing in this position helped start a foundation for my leadership skills but the biggest lesson I learned during the next season. Our team was changing completely because another team was going to join ours. However we had too many players allowed to be on a team so the coaches decided to split the team into …show more content…
My coach then went on to say, “I know this is hard for you to hear but we need someone to help bring this team together and lead them.” I said, “okay” even though I was still irritated. Over the next few weeks I practiced and played teams with the B team and we had a little bit more success but we were not still at the same level of the A team. I tried as best as I could to bring the team together. One tournament I scored goals as a defensive player as I moved up the field to help the offensive unit play together. The lesson I learned from this experience didn't come right away. I learned from this experience that in order to be a leader you have to help where you are most needed. I did not want to be on the second best team but, my coach knew that I would be able to lead this team to improvement. Upon coming to my realization I started to enjoy playing on the team and committed more to my leadership position. I have used the lesson I learned in school to help with school projects by getting my friends to help work. I helped lead groups at church and I hope to use this leadership lesson to lead the tennis team this year as one of the