Being a team captain is a challenging position. A captain has to be an extension of the coaching staff, while being a voice for the team.

Greg Dale shares his expertise in leadership development to create a foundation for captains to better understand and execute their responsibilities. Learn how to bring out the best in your coach and your teammates.

Dale's strategies include how to communicate with teammates, how to hold the team accountable to each other and the coaches, how to balance "earning respect" with "being liked," how to be an effective captain on and off the field, how to encourage teammates and much more. He includes strategies for working with your coach to develop trust and understanding through ongoing positive communication.

This DVD is a must see for any captain and their coach as they embark upon their leadership journey.

31 minutes. 2009.

Learn how to maximize your team's leadership potential! Greg Dale shares strategies for developing a culture of leadership that focuses on team captains.

Dale discusses options for choosing or electing team leaders, effective strategies for communicating your expectations to your leaders, how team captains can balance "earning respect" with "being liked," how to effectively share decision-making to create ownership, and how to play to the strengths of your leaders by putting them in positions to be successful.

This presentation provides a great foundation to implement a leadership system for your team.

33 minutes. 2009.

All great championship teams have a oneness of unity and purpose, as well as sound leadership throughout the ranks. Lynch begins by showing how to identify qualities of true leaders. Athletes are challenged to choose two qualities that they can demonstrate as a leader. He then guides the athletes through a 3-minute deep breathing exercise, visualizing these leadership qualities and repeating positive affirmations about their ability to lead. Every single athlete achieves more with a strong sense of team. Through a series of activities Lynch shows athletes how to increase team unity and cohesion and how to unify the team with common goals and purpose. He also focuses on behaviors that need to be eliminated to enhance team unity.

92 minutes. 2007.

In the initial volume of Coach's Guide to Team Building, Dale shared the framework and the necessary building blocks for successful team building. In Coach's Guide to Team Building, Volume II, Dale takes the next logical step by sharing several team building activities and showing how to implement team building activities into your program. Dale emphasizes the skills utilized during effectively-planned team building activities - teamwork, communication, and trust - all of which are critical in the development and growth of your team. Using several different Duke University teams as demonstrators, Dale facilitates eight team building activities; each time, Dale shares the rationalization for the activity, facilitates the activity, and then leads a post-"team building activity discussion," allowing the athletes to share what they learned - about themselves, and their team, while drawing parallels from the activity itself with team dynamics. This highly informative and entertaining team building presentation will assist you in building a cohesive and unified team!

63 minutes. 2005.