Second Post

My ability to motivate or inspire people depends entirely on my personality around them and the role I play when interacting with them. It can even differ between teams of the same sport. On my club team, I am not the leader. I am not the dominant player and I often do not feel like I have the authority to lead them. I do however attempt to motivate the other players by encouraging them and reassuring them of their skills. I am not one who scolds other players or shows disappointment in their performance. However, on my school team, I often have to take the initiative to keep the team on track and motivate them in any way I can. By encouraging them and sometimes fixing their form or skills. I am much louder on my school team than in club since I am in more of a leadership position.

I am usually able to express my vision in a way that other people understand and implement. Like I said this happens less in club just because my role on that team is different from school. When I am trying to get the girls on the school team to play better, I usually motivate them by planting a desire to make the other team look as bad, and frustrated as possible. Usually it works and we pick on the players who are doing bad, make them quit, and win.

Talking to people one-on-one is better for me to connect with people. With girls on my teams, when I am able to talk to them by themselves and "try to listen to and understand them," I am able to build a trust with them. This makes team relationships easier in the future when I try to motivate them to play their best. Since we have had some prior conversations the communication becomes easier and more affective.