Other athletes
Holding teammates accountable creates trust not conflict.
True or False
True
Being coachable means opening to feedback without arguing or shutting down...
True or False
True
True or False: You should yell at a referee if they have a questionable call?
False
How do you respond to failure: by avoiding it or by analyzing it?
Analyzing it.
By breaking information into parts, comparing results, and identifying strengths and weaknesses, data analysis helps people make informed decisions, improve performance, and avoid repeating mistakes.
Athletes should use officiating as an excuse for poor performance.
False
What is accountability to teammates?
Support teammates, encourage fair play, and hold one another to team standards by giving constructive feedback and addressing poor behavior respectfully.
What are you responsible to your coaches for?
Respect, Effort, Accountability, Commitment, and Communication
True or False: Referees are ment to keep the game fair and safe for everyone?
True
How does being late to practice continuously affect your team?
Being late to practice constantly promotes bad habits (sets a bad example not just for you but your whole team. This would not be accountable for your actions and cost your team in several ways...
- Disrupts practice flow
- Hurts team cohesion
- Affects trust
Taking responsibility for your actions, decisions, and behavior, and accepting the consequences of them—especially when things don’t go your way.
What is this describing?
Accountability
What is an appropriate way to address a sports official when you got called for a foul that your own teammate actually committed.
You should avoid arguing or showing frustration, accept the official’s decision, and move on.
If it is a larger foul such as ejection from the game, one should speak with their coach or team captain to address the issue.
How responsible is a coach for an athletes mental health when pushing them to perform?
A coach is responsible for the methods, tone, and environment they create.
- Creating a safe environment
- Balancing pressure and support
- Referring for help
The referee ignores a clear push in the soccer game, how do you address this?
Option 1: Instead of arguing or reacting angrily, you continue playing and adjust your defense or positioning.
Option 2: If it’s appropriate, the team captain or coach can respectfully ask the referee about the missed call during a stoppage in play.
What is self-accountability?
This personal responsibility requires athletes to hold themselves to high standards, admit mistakes, manage their behavior and effort, and make choices that reflect integrity even when no one is watching
Showing fairness, respect, and gracious behavior toward teammates, opponents, coaches, and officials in sports or competitions.
What is this defining?
Sportsmanship
How do other athletes on the team take responsibility for their effort, attitude, and performance, especially during difficult practices or games?
You stay focused and give your best effort, you own any mistakes, ask and listen to feedback. Then continue working hard and keeping your head up and ALWAYS support.
How do you respond when your coach gives you criticism, and what responsibility do you have to listen, learn, and improve instead of becoming defensive?
You understand to your ability what he is saying then going forward, step-by-step improve.
How can respecting referees benefit your team?
It helps the team stay focused, improves relationships with officials, and maintains a positive reputation.
When you don't perform well what part is fully on you and how do you take ownership for that?
My performance fully reflects on me, and I ask questions and try to improve acknowledging my actions are all on me.
How does being responsible for both your successes and failures help you develop resilience, discipline, and leadership skills that are essential for long-term growth on and off the field?
It teaches you to be independent and your success and failures helps you become a better teammate.
Scenario: At the conference championship 4x100m relay, Alex, a senior anchor, notices that check-in is in 15 minutes. Devin, a distracted sophomore with a said family issue, insists he'll handle it alone and skips warmups. Devin arrives late, putting the team at risk of forfeiting unless the coach files a protest. Alex must decide whether to call out Devin, cover for them, or stay silent, knowing each choice affects team trust, accountability, and their own performance, while also considering that Devin’s family issue might be a serious emergency.
Alex should calmly explain the situation to the coach, taking partial responsibility while acknowledging Devin’s distraction, and work with the team to prevent future missed check-ins, which shows accountability without publicly shaming a teammate. This approach maintains trust, models leadership, and keeps the team focused on the competition.
Scenario: During the regional semifinal, senior forward and team captain Jasmine arrives late to an important pre-game strategy meeting, apologizing that a college coach unexpectedly rescheduled a visit. Coach Maya, who had already warned the team about following procedures after Jasmine missed a set play previously, faces a dilemma: enforce discipline publicly and risk benching her captain during a key game, or handle it privately and preserve Jasmine’s playing time but risk undermining team rules and fairness. The decision affects team trust, leadership dynamics, competitive performance, and Jasmine’s college prospects, while younger players look to her example.
Coach Maya could give Jasmine a private warning with a small consequence, like a temporary leadership task, balancing accountability while preserving her playing time, college prospects, and team trust.
Sportsmanship requires athletes to respect referee’s calls during the game, especially when they are against your team. This is because officials authority is essential to keep the game fair. What is this type of respect called?
Respect for authority.
Scenario: Maya, a sophomore and anchor on her high school 200‑yard freestyle relay, jumps slightly early during the handoff at the conference championships. The relay is disqualified, costing the team a chance to qualify for regionals. Teammates are upset, the coach asks for an explanation, and Maya faces a choice: blame her teammate or the timing system, admit she jumped early and take responsibility, or stay silent and let others handle it. Her decision affects team trust, her teammate’s feelings, and her own leadership reputation.
Maya should admit immediately that she jumped early and take responsibility by apologizing to her teammate and the team, offering to focus extra in practice or lead future relays, which builds trust, demonstrates integrity, repairs relationships, and turns the mistake into a learning opportunity, even though the team loses the relay result and some teammates may be upset.
In high-pressure situations, how does a commitment to responsibility and accountability influence your decision-making, confidence, and ability to recover from setbacks in both sports and life?
Staying accountable under pressure helps you make better decisions, stay confident, and recover quickly from setbacks, which is important for success in both sports and life.