James' leadership Blog

One experience that comes to mind when thinking about past leadership roles ive played is my select baseball season. During the summer of 2007 i decided to play baseball for the same select team i had been playing on for the past 4 years. Over the past four years our team has constantly ended up either last in standings or second to last. It would be an understatement to say that we were bad. Coming into the 2007 season i kept telling myself that i was going to make a difference and that this season would be different than the past years. After the first practice i was elected captain along with my brother. Many of the traits that i showed during this season as the captain were enthusiasm, determination, vision, confidence, and passion. In order to finally have a winning season it was important that the entire team came to practice and to the games with enthusiasm. By being enthusiastic everyday at practice i was able to infect the entire team with the trait of enthusiasm. I also had to be very determined in order to lead the team. I made a decision at the beginning of the season that i would not miss one practice. Not only could i not miss one practice but i also made sure no other kids were skipping practice for any unnecessary reasons. Because of the traits i displayed over this season our team was able to finally finish with a winning record. We went from the last team in the league to the top 4. By the end of the season their were drastic changes in the team members attitudes. Instead of just showing up to practice and trying to just get through it the players would show up excited wanting to get better.