Promoting Growth as a Leader On and Off the Field
What is the goal of the Game On! Sports Leadership Program?
Designed for girls in 6th-8th grade, the Game On! Sports Leadership Program will teach skills designed to promote growth as a leader on the sports fields and off. Specifically, participants will learn what it takes to effectively motivate and organize others to collaborate toward the achievement of a common goal.
The Sports Leadership Program will focus on the following topics:
- Communication skills (Verbal and Non-Verbal)
- Becoming a successful team builder
- Setting goals
- Collaboration
- Problem solving
- Creating and executing a strategy
- Inspiring your team
- Environment
- Empathy
- Making decisions and standing by them
NEW FOR SUMMER 2026: Special field trips or in-camp sessions with high achieving female leaders interspersed throughout the summer. They will also learn journaling.
Q: Can our participants gain from this program in just one week?
A: Yes, although we do offer a full summer of robust and varied curriculum. (No two weeks will be the same.) Therefore the more weeks you attend, the more complete your training will be. In addition to playing and learning at least six sports per week, the Sports Leadership programming will generally include the following:
Sample Week 1: Monday: Communication (word choice matters); Tuesday: Setting Team Goals (short term vs long term); Wednesday: Inspiring Your Team (the art of storytelling); Thursday: Creating a Positive Environment (use of fun, energy, spirit, etc); Friday: Making Decisions (softball umpire clinic)
Sample Week 2: Monday: Communications (poise, posture and positioning); Tuesday: Collaboration (the art of compromise); Wednesday: Creating a Team Strategy (the importance of preparation and research) Thursday: Empathy; Friday: Making Decisions (basketball reffing clinic)
Each of our weeks are planned just like these two, down to the last detail!
Q: What can we expect from a typical day?
A: A day full of sports play and learning combined with a leadership topic of the day involving discussion, small group activities, scenario learning, team building, creative projects and/or hands on leadership experience.
Q: Does Game On! offer a similar experience for rising 9th and 10th graders?
A: Yes – we offer the opportunity to apply for our CIT (Coach in Training) program, the first step on the Game On! staff ladder. It offers a fully immersive experience as part of the coaching team, plus early consideration for future hiring as a junior coach. For additional details and to apply, click here.
