Captain’s Duties

Not important captain’s criteria

Captains don’t need to be the smartest/most experienced person on the field

Important captain’s criteria

  1. Expected to be present for most/all games of the league despite playing status

  2. Knows basic information about the sport

  3. Knows basic information about the league and BU community (Recommended playing in two bloomington leagues before captaining)

  4. Positive, uplifting person

  5. Seek out new players on the team to keep encouraging them and keep them positive

  6. Able to point out other players on the team to help in providing higher level information

One time league duties

  1. Hand out merchandise (jerseys, discs, etc.)

  2. Team name chosen and submitted to board members

  3. Jersey designs created and submitted to board members, when necessary

  4. Receive good survey results from team at the end of the league

  5. Winter league waivers signed by team and returned to board members

Before Game Starts

  1. Send out weekly e-mail that is fun, inspiring and informative

  2. Get cones & scoreboard from board members and set up fields (Spring/Summer/Fall)

During Game

  1. Work with opposing captains to figure out the format for the game. For Example: What is the gender ratio going to be for the game? What are going to be the start/ending times of the first and second half? Are time outs allowed?

  2. Remain positive and focus on providing uplifting comments to all players

  3. Keep spirit up on sidelines and make sure everybody is having fun and getting playing time

After Game

  1. Record score and text to board members

  2. Gather cones/scoreboard and return to board members (Spring/Summer/Fall)