{"id":1878,"date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/what-is-your-athlete-doing-with-his-her-place-in-the-spotlight\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:56:43","slug":"what-is-your-athlete-doing-with-hisher-place-in-the-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/what-is-your-athlete-doing-with-hisher-place-in-the-spotlight","title":{"rendered":"What is Your Athlete Doing with His\/Her Place in the Spotlight?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve heard all the arguments from athletes who think it\u2019s okay to just play sports and not be leaders: <em>I just want to play sports. I\u2019m not perfect. No one listens to me anyway.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve even heard adults agree, saying:<em>&nbsp;That\u2019s too much of a burden to place on a young athlete.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s take another look at the facts. Athletes, just by nature of their roles, are in the spotlight. Even if they are on the bench, they are still out in front of the spectators. Classmates, other parents, siblings\u2014they all see the athlete\u2019s behavior as if it were on center stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>They can do two things with this exposure: choose to lead, or choose to follow.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As our three kids grew up playing sports, we always encouraged them to be leaders instead of followers, and we also talked about what being an athlete and a leader looks like.<\/p>\n<h4>Leaders model more than demand.<\/h4>\n<p>In fact, demanding is not a leadership trait; it\u2019s more like a weakness. The strongest leaders I\u2019ve ever known are those that walk the talk; their actions&nbsp;speak louder than their words.<\/p>\n<p>No, your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation2021\/articles\/youth-sports-this-player-may-be-the-most-overlooked-person-on-the-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation2021\/articles\/youth-sports-this-player-may-be-the-most-overlooked-person-on-the-team\">child doesn\u2019t have to be an extrovert or a vocal leader<\/a>; he or she need only to consistently set an example and that repetition will eventually influence teammates to follow. As quarterback for his high school football team, my son\u2019s leadership was characterized more by relationships and setting an example than by yelling at teammates on the field. The result was there was not one offensive lineman on his team who did not proudly protect him.<\/p>\n<h4>Leaders take ownership.<\/h4>\n<p>This means accepting blame for mistakes, going above and beyond assigned duties for the team because it\u2019s MY team, and being an advocate for every team member because they are MY teammates.<\/p>\n<h4>Leaders prioritize team.<\/h4>\n<p>The best athletes get there because they help their teammates win, not because of their individual statistics. Leaders put the team\u2019s success above personal success.<\/p>\n<h4>Leaders know when to speak and when to listen.<\/h4>\n<p><strong><em>&#8216;<\/em><\/strong>Seek first to understand, then to be understood&#8217; is one of the principals of leadership espoused by expert Stephen Covey and the mantra that our three athletes grew up hearing. To understand your teammates, you have to listen to them. There does come a time, however, when every leader must have the boldness and the wisdom to speak up and say what should be heard. One of the real challenges of being a leader is knowing where to draw the line.<\/p>\n<h4>Leaders show optimism.<\/h4>\n<p>When an athlete or team loses, or doesn\u2019t achieve what they\u2019d hoped, it\u2019s easy for athletes to beat themselves up &#8211; but pessimism brings down a team. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation2021\/articles\/how-to-raise-kids-who-bounce-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow noopener\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation2021\/articles\/how-to-raise-kids-who-bounce-back\">athlete\u2019s optimistic<\/a> attitude will most likely be contagious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve heard all the arguments from athletes who think it\u2019s okay to just play sports and not be leaders: I just want to play sports. I\u2019m not perfect. No one listens to me anyway. 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But let\u2019s take another [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,45],"tags":[1480,1482,1479,1481],"class_list":["post-1878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motivation","category-parents","tag-being-a-team-leader","tag-lead-by-example","tag-leadership-in-sports","tag-qualities-of-a-team-captain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Your Athlete Doing with His\/Her Place in the Spotlight? - CoachUp Nation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/what-is-your-athlete-doing-with-hisher-place-in-the-spotlight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Your Athlete Doing with His\/Her Place in the Spotlight? - CoachUp Nation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019ve heard all the arguments from athletes who think it\u2019s okay to just play sports and not be leaders: I just want to play sports. 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