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[quote=Anonymous]You don't.

In my view, "team captain" is one of those things that comes around from time to time in youth sports as a "good idea" that pretty much never works.  The kids are not around each other enough in a club sport so that non-playing field issues develop.  And, if they do arise -- a pre-teen or early teen kid is never going to be any good at helping bring about a positive resolution.

In high school -- a team captain can serve a real purpose as they are a person who is actually in the school every day.  They can serve a role between the coach and the team members as the source of some team communications -- e.g. what practice field today.  What jerseys to wear, etc. . . .  Communicating any team event stuff - in particular -- any late changes to event stuff.

They can also do things like get practices going if a coach does not work at a school and may run late.  And, by 16-18 they are old enough that they may have the maturity to handle minor disputes between players.  (Mostly to say "knock it off").  My daughter was a high school team caption for 3 years.  The first year she said and did nothing off the field -- sophomore not going to tell Juniors and Seniors what they should be doing.  By Junior year she was confident enough to do some off the field stuff.  Senior year she and her other captains - also Seniors - actually did quite of organization.

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