High School Wrestling Team Analysis

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My leadership skills were portrayed when I initiated and managed a professional and competitive team of over seventy high school students. It all started on the third day of my journey through high school, when I was still overwhelmed by the transition to more workload and pressure. My Physical Education teacher, Mike Roselli, called me into his office, one of the scariest places to be because it often meant that you were disciplined for a wrongdoing. The fact that he was a hefty professional wrestler and a burly Hollywood stuntman did not make my situation any better. Thinking I was in trouble, I heard my own heartbeat and my nervous breaths. Shockingly, he said that he loved how I was responsible and mature. He wanted me to be the team manager …show more content…
Previously, my school had a wrestling team, but it was unprofessional and not very successful. After my teacher was appointed the new Head Coach, and I became his manager, the decisions arrived in my hands. Together, we decided that we were going to transform the small and unorganized group into a large and competitive wrestling team. The first step to maximizing our success in tournaments was getting a large amount of people to join the team. Through my persistence and determination, I coordinated the largest high school wrestling team in British Columbia with over seventy high school wrestlers, which taught me to be confident in action and decision making. As a result of the substantial amount of wrestlers, over two years, we obliterated other teams in sixteen of eighteen tournaments, including one of the top tournaments in Canada - the prestigious Alberni Armada Invitational. In back-to-back seasons, our team was awarded provincial zone championships, which made me learn to think about the needs of the team beyond my needs. By having more wrestlers, the team was compelled to work hard under structured plans which promoted inclusiveness and created feelings of belonging to the