{"id":12266,"date":"2016-10-28T04:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T09:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/?p=12266"},"modified":"2016-10-27T09:20:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:20:55","slug":"quiet-leaders-push-peers-through-hard-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/quiet-leaders-push-peers-through-hard-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiet Leaders Push Peers Through Hard Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leadership by example is\u00a0the most underrated trait in sports.<\/p>\n

From the beginning\u00a0of athletics, athletes have fallen in behind those who work hardest. Those talking\u00a0a big game yet are unwilling to put in the sweat equity might bring the bluster, noise and hype, but leadership? Not so much.<\/p>\n

Here’s a flash: When NSR scouts and college coaches evaluate talent, they are not necessarily looking for leadership qualities. Why? \u00a0Everyone can’t be a leader. If leadership is part of their package, that’s a bonus.<\/p>\n

See, some athletes are natural followers. Some are the cerebral type. Some\u00a0may be valuable by being really good at one thing. Others might consistently do the little things that matter.<\/p>\n

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Briana Collender (’17) from Georgia, the quiet leader type, puts in extra work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There’s nothing wrong with any of that. Teams need a full complement of athletes to create symmetry and cohesiveness. Coaches and NSR scouts know this.<\/p>\n

But they\u00a0can also\u00a0recognize leadership qualities, almost at once. They want those, too. In fact, they must have them.<\/p>\n

When practice is dragging,\u00a0real\u00a0leaders refuse to just go along. They pick up their teammates and push them into another gear. \u00a0 That might be mentally or it could be physically. It could reveal itself through hustling more without telling everybody to do the same. Or perhaps it is by simply saying, “We are not working hard enough. Let’s kick it in here.” Teams that respect their leaders comply. The pressure to keep\u00a0up is a greater motive than their tendency\u00a0to lag behind.<\/p>\n

During games, matches or meets, genuine leaders recognize opportunity when it’s in front of them and they respond. They can feel the team’s mood, intensity or drive lacking. And when the team is not where it needs to be, when it is going through the motions, leaders can often do more to right the ship than even a coach.<\/p>\n

That’s why many times the rah-rah types often fade in the heat of battle. Their intestinal fortitude just isn’t there. Digging deeper doesn’t come instinctively.<\/p>\n

But what about taking the step from high school to college?<\/p>\n

Coaches want to recruit leaders, yes, but they also understand that these special people earn their positions of influence with their peers. A high school senior rarely steps into the lead\u00a0role as a college freshman.<\/p>\n

Coaches may sense or see leadership qualities in a prospect or recruit, but it can only be manifested over time. Given time, a true leader’s innermost light will eventually shine. When that happens, the team benefits and the coach’s patience is rewarded.<\/p>\n

Leaders can prove to be the catalyst a college coach is looking for to add to the team. NSR evaluates athletes and determines if they possess the skills needed to play in college. Get an NSR scout to evaluate your athlete today.<\/p>\n

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Leadership by example is\u00a0the most underrated trait in sports. From the beginning\u00a0of athletics, athletes have fallen in behind those who work hardest. Those talking\u00a0a big game yet are unwilling to put in the sweat equity might bring the bluster, noise and hype, but leadership? Not so much. Here’s a flash: When NSR scouts and college … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":12624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12266"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12625,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12266\/revisions\/12625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsr-inc.com\/scouting-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}