Being a Great Teammate

Written for aspiring athletes aged 7 to 18 across any sport who want to be a better teammate, from the star player to the newest squad member. Because it treats being a great teammate as a matter of character and behaviour rather than ability, it is genuinely useful for every aspiring athlete, whatever their level, who wants to contribute more and be someone the team can rely on.

Sixty content cards organised into eighteen focused chapters, covering what makes a great teammate, putting the team first, knowing and doing your role well, reliability, supporting and encouraging others, effort and work rate, unselfishness and sacrifice, trust and communication, handling competition for places, team chemistry, and being a teammate on and off the pitch. Each card pairs a clear explanation with a practical takeaway, and the guide finishes with a set of top tips and a closing message, delivered as a polished digital guide aspiring athletes aged 7 to 18 can use season after season.

Aspiring athletes will come away understanding that being a great teammate is a choice anyone can make, knowing how to put the team first and embrace their role, feeling more confident supporting and encouraging others, and having mature ways to handle competition and setbacks. They will finish with a clear sense of how to be dependable, unselfish, and positive, and of how much their contribution shapes the whole team.

Being a Great Teammate is part of the Leadership and Team Culture collection, which helps aspiring athletes aged 7 to 18 develop the qualities that make a team strong. It pairs naturally with Becoming a Leader, which shows how to lead by example from any position, Building Team Culture, which explains how to help create the standards and spirit a team shares, and Respect and Sportsmanship, which covers competing with respect and integrity. Read together, the four guides give aspiring athletes a complete foundation in how to contribute, lead, and build a team worth being part of.