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Leadership
How to Become a More Vocal Leader - Part 1
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center Having a hard time being a vocal leader for your team? This is a common concern for many emerging and existing leaders - as well as their coaches.
It’s easy to talk with friends and teammates about the latest happenings, gossip, movies, YouTube clips, and other matters off the fi eld/court/track. But it is a lot harder for many athletes to be effective vocal leaders when it comes to practices and competition.
Sadly, many competitions have been lost simply because of a lack of communication between teammates. Becoming a more vocal leader on the court and fi eld is a challenging and ongoing problem for many athletes. Further, if you play specifi c positions like point guard, catcher, setter, and quarterback, it is often even more important for you to be vocal for your team to be successful.
One of our primary goals with our Leadership Academies is to develop athletes into strong, effective, and vocal leaders. As 21- time national champion North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance says, “The best type of leadership to me is the studentathlete who is a coach on the fi eld. I want a driving, verbal force who won’t let standards slip. That’s how teams with ordinary talent win championships.” So if your coach’s voice is typically the only one heard at your practices, we’ve got to change that. As Duke men’s basketball Coach K says, “On our Duke Basketball teams, I never want to be the only communicator. In order for a message to get across, it must be echoed by every member of the group. I constantly look for the members of my team who can help convey the message.” We help student-athlete leaders become more vocal in working with the coaches to co-lead the team. We want you leading vocally every day by setting the tone, reminding teammates about their responsibilities, reinforcing the positives, refocusing distracted teammates, calling out those who are falling below the team’s standards, and being the voice in the locker room when your coach is not around. Becoming a more vocal leader a process that takes time, training, practice, confi dence, and feedback. Helping you fi nd your voice as a leader takes time - but pays off in a multitude of ways for you and your team.
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