I think it's important, as human being, to always understand your role in the world. Whether you are on a sports team, a team grouped together for a project in class, or you are simply a member of society, it's extremely important to understand where you stand and what you need to do in order to generate a successful team, team project, and/or successful society.
I'm going through something of a struggle to find where I need to be in order to generate the most team success for my lacrosse team at Lebanon Valley. Recently, I haven't been able to produce this season...me, once one of the team's top and most relied upon scorers, slipping to a second line player used to keep the pine warm and spell the starters for a few minutes. It's tough going from THE guy to just a guy, and it's the most in my entire life I've ever sat on the sidelines as a spectator and fan rather than a player. It's tough watching us lose tight games, games that I had chances but I didn't capitalize, had I capitalized such chances we would've sealed the game in our favor. Coach needs to find guys that will produce in such situations and has since bumped me down from starting middie, to said benchwarmer.
I met with Coach to talk about my standing on the team as a player and a leader, and what I need to do in order to earn my spot back...I just need to produce. In the meantime, I'm going to be bumped around all over the field to see where I fit best and where I will be able to best help the team win...because that's all that really matters, the win. It breaks my heart to hear that I won't be playing offense until I can find the back of the net, because it's what I've done my entire life. I've been the go-to guy, and I've practiced to be that guy for years. With winning games on the line, it only makes sense to make the move to put me on the sidelines rather than on the field. What I struggle with now it finding my new role on the team that will help us win the close games we've been losing. I am (forcefully) sacrificing my role and I'm becoming a role player, rather than a star.
I'm going through something of a struggle to find where I need to be in order to generate the most team success for my lacrosse team at Lebanon Valley. Recently, I haven't been able to produce this season...me, once one of the team's top and most relied upon scorers, slipping to a second line player used to keep the pine warm and spell the starters for a few minutes. It's tough going from THE guy to just a guy, and it's the most in my entire life I've ever sat on the sidelines as a spectator and fan rather than a player. It's tough watching us lose tight games, games that I had chances but I didn't capitalize, had I capitalized such chances we would've sealed the game in our favor. Coach needs to find guys that will produce in such situations and has since bumped me down from starting middie, to said benchwarmer.
I met with Coach to talk about my standing on the team as a player and a leader, and what I need to do in order to earn my spot back...I just need to produce. In the meantime, I'm going to be bumped around all over the field to see where I fit best and where I will be able to best help the team win...because that's all that really matters, the win. It breaks my heart to hear that I won't be playing offense until I can find the back of the net, because it's what I've done my entire life. I've been the go-to guy, and I've practiced to be that guy for years. With winning games on the line, it only makes sense to make the move to put me on the sidelines rather than on the field. What I struggle with now it finding my new role on the team that will help us win the close games we've been losing. I am (forcefully) sacrificing my role and I'm becoming a role player, rather than a star.
I think we are all assigned roles at some point in our lives, destined to carry out this role as a teammate whether we are the star or if we are the last guy on the bench. Roles aren't a permanent fit though. Just as easily as you earn the star spot, you can be tossed to the end of the bench only to have someone else take your spot. There is always potential to move up in the role-hierarchy on any team, but it's only potential until you do something about it. The potential will forever be potential until you start to produce. Work to be the guy and not just a guy and reach your potential
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