Loyalty

Loyalty

As I work through the Complete Player acronym, we come to Loyalty.  Loyalty is using difficult times to demonstrate your commitment to others or what is right. 

If you have ever been a part of a team, you know it is hard sometimes to stay 100% committed to each other.  Things happen; you may go on a losing streak or have issues with another teammate or even the coach.  As a leader, Loyalty is the CQ that will help you over come these rocky situations when it seems impossible to keep a team together.  

Here are a few questions to think about to see if you demonstrate loyalty.  Do you show up when it is crunch time (do you want the ball or the last shot)?  Can you bring your team together or do you divide them when chaos hits?  If you have a teammate that is loyal, do you feel that they are there with you no matter what?  Are you like that to your teammates?

Below you will see some words that describe loyalty and words that define the total opposite.  One of my personal favorites is the word allegiance because it reminds me of my favorite movie (Gladiator), those slaves/gladiators only survived the fight if they were loyal to each other and by coming together they formed an allegiance that could not be broke. Would they have been divided or at odds, they would have lost every battle.  The word faithful is another word for Loyal and there are hundreds of examples that can be given: Marriage, Team, Religion, etc. 

Positive                     vs                    Opposite

Devotion                                            Divided

Allegiance                                           At Odds

Faithfulness                                       Unfaithful

Friend                                                 Enemy

Dedicated                                           Uncommitted

Loyalty is important in all facets of life, in order for you to build strong relationships with others you need to be loyal to them, as you would prefer them be loyal to you.

Have a great week,

Coach Todd