Team Captain Research Paper

As I approached my senior year I anticipated becoming a team captain of the cross country girls team, one who pushes the girls, cheers them on during practices and races, and comforts them in their hard times. The team captains I had my other three years inspired me to be better by encouraging me to run faster, giving me quotes before meets, cheering me on at races, and becoming some of my best friends. I looked up to them as a shining example and knew I wanted to carry on the team captain tradition as a dedicated, inspirational, and caring team captain. The opportunity for me to be a team captain came last summer when my cross country coach, Coach Corry, asked me to be a captain as a leader, runner, and example of daily dedication. I enjoyed planning activities for the cross country girls …show more content…
in the summer and after school during the school year I ran alongside team members and guided them on the memorized runs around town. I talked with the team members and learned more about their families, hobbies, and friends. I became good friends with a lot of the girls and understood their pain, frustration, and joy from running. Many of the girl were running for the first time in their lives and improved incredibly throughout the season. I learned a lot about the power of the mind and what people can accomplish as we ran more and more miles together. Once a week we had a team bonding activity where we talked about our running goals, ate spaghetti dinners, played games, and watched movies together. Before each race we gathered all 50 of the girls together and gave out inspirational quotes and advice to the girls After races I’d congratulate them on their performance and comfort them if they had a bad race. I recognized their skills and abilities as well as their strengths and weaknesses. By the end of the season our team had grown so close together we even started an Instagram group to share fun ideas for activities and inspirational running