Ep 10. Why, when, and how to choose a leadership group for your team

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Traditionally, the best player on the team was the captain. But that's not necessarily the best approach for choosing your leadership group. In this episode, David and Susan talk about what jobs to give to captains and how to coach them to be leaders. Our guest, James Roxborough, shares his method for choosing captains, which includes a questionnaire.

The items in Coach James's questionnaire:
1. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘leading by example’ (name up to 3  individuals)?
2. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘being a vocal leader’ (name up to 3  individuals)?
3. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘holding people accountable’ (name  up to 3 individuals)?
4. In your opinion, who from this group is the best at ‘cheerleader’ (name up to 3  individuals)?
5. In your opinion, who would you trust communicating with coaching staff on team issues  (name up to 3 individuals)?
6. In your opinion, who would you trust delivering messages from the coaching staff (name  up to 3 individuals)?
7. If you had an issue, in relation to the team or team environment, who is the one person  on the team, you trust to go to, to talk to or for support?
8.  If you had an issue outside the team, with your family, personal life etc, who is the one  person on the team, you trust to go to, to talk to or for support?

Coaching Call is a question show about coaching grassroots hockey.  We believe in using sport to make players better people on and off the ice. Your hosts are David Trombley, a coach with 30 years of experience at all levels and ages, and Susan Sim, a new house league coach. Submit your questions at http://newcoach.ca/ or in the comments.

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