Leadership Application Reflection

I am a leader in many areas of life whether that's the classroom, clubs, or at home but the place where I show the most leadership is the sports field. Of the two sports seasons so far this year I have been on Junior Varsity and Varsity for both of them and during Track in the spring there is only Junior Varsity and Varsity, no Freshman teams. During the final day of volleyball tryouts we had a "conditioning day" where we would rotate through stations with a different exercise routine at each and one station was a coaches meeting. These were my first tryout of high school and they were extremely stressful, not only because I wanted to prove myself to my coaches but also because the training was so difficult. We had two-a-days for 10 days including Saturdays and at the end of each practice we did a drill …show more content…
I also made sure to give conditioning all my effort even when I was tired or sick. Although I am fairly slow when sprinting, many other people save energy for the end of practice instead of giving it their all from the beginning. At the start of practice I would lead the pack during sprinting but by the end I would be second to last because nobody else would give their all from the beginning. During tryouts for basketball my coaches said the same things about my leadership and how important it would be because our coach is unable to make it to many of our games due to other commitments. I believe that my leadership would be a massive contribution to the Choate community, especially on the volleyball team. Losing eight seniors has to have a huge impact on the team and I think that I could help to fill one of those spots. My team this year lost five of the starting six and it had a huge impact on the each person's role as a member of the team. Leadership has been a quality that I have striven for my whole life and these last few months have helped reassure my that I am doing the right