Sports Psychology: What makes the ultimate leader? by Tom Banister-Fletcher

Before we can look at ourselves to assess our leadership, it is important to understand what makes the ultimate leader, and how we might start on the journey of defining our leadership with respect to the team's identity

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Ultimate is a difficult sport in which to be a leader. On-pitch, teams are frequently split into smaller groups (e.g. offence and defence), need tactics communicated and large numbers of people motivated. Off the field they require lots of organising: money, recruitment, travel, pitch hire, session plans, all often done in our spare time. Often, the biggest challenge is just keeping the same group of people together, season after season. So, what “leader” means varies from team to team. Leadership […]

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