• Jenna
  
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To be successful, a soccer team needs two or three players who can lead both on and off the field. This is the job of the team captains. Good team captains must command the respect of her fellow players, listen to coaches and completely know every single play and formation. The captains must also be able to pick up her teammates as well as kick them in the rear when it's necessary.  Here are some key points to remember:

• Lead the team in all practice and workout sessions. If the captains appear to be disinterested in training, you can't expect the players to feel any differently. Soccer captains should be the first one on and last one off the field during practice. She should make sure that every player sticks to the workout. If a player is out of shape or not prepared, the captains must be ready to call her teammate out and, if need be, go to the coach about the situation.
• Communicate with players throughout the game. It's important for the team that players call out passes, defensive scenarios and other game situations to one another. The captains should be the leader in this, scanning the field and yelling out anything she notices to her teammates. During a stoppage in play, the captains should try to communicate with one or two of the players closest to her about the game situation. Simply put, a soccer captain's voice should be as sore as her body after a game.
• When needed, talk to the refs about fouls and keep your players from doing so. Soccer officials will be quick to give a card to a player mouthing off. It is the captain's job to step in and pull her player away regardless of whether or not the teammate was right to argue. It's also the captain's job to speak to officials, even if she wasn't directly involved in the play. Remember to speak with the refs in a polite and respectful manner, though, since you do not want to get a card yourself.
• Know your place out on the pitch and respect your teammates. The captains of a soccer team may not necessarily be the best players on the team. Just because you're the captains doesn't mean that you should attempt to play a ball that could have easily been handled by a teammate. At the same time, captains need to know when she must carry her team on her shoulders. True team captains must be able to read every game scenario possible and must also know what to do to help propel her team to better play out on the pitch.
• Respect your fellow players.  Provide encouragement, not criticism.  Every player has their strengths and weaknesses.  As a team, we utilize those strengths, try to improve on the weaknesses, but play as a unit.  Only by playing as a unit can our total sum of strengths come through.
  
• Look and listen for the coach during the game. This is especially important during stoppages in play. The coach may notice something that needs to be altered or may want to change the team formation. As captains, it's up to you to notice the coach and to make any adjustments he wishes to make. Captains should also greet any new players that enter the game. This is good for more than just moral as that player may have a message to deliver from the coach.
• Never argue with the coach in front of your teammates. As captains, this could cause quite a problem between you, your coach and your teammates because they will want to "choose sides." If you do have a disagreement with the coach, discuss it privately with him.