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Camaraderie
Playing as a team is an awesome feeling
and the rewards are so great by seeing your
teammate having your back every step of
the way. However what about off the field?
Teammates are just as important if not more
off the field as well. If a man/woman doesn’t
have love for there fellow mate or there team,
then why will they fight for them? We don’t
play on teams because the main reason is
benefiting from something.
So does your team have off field hangs?
Somewhere everyone can go and talk as
a bunch? We (my team) make sure to
have an event at least once a month
off field to see the crew outside of
gear and be able to sit back and
relax with each other. From Cookouts to movies to haunted walks
to just hanging in the basement or
even coming over to lend a hand
and work as a team with other things
like fixing a tire. No matter what the
case being apart of a team is not a part
time or fulltime gig, it’s an all the time one.
Morale of the team is important and if that
lowers to much then it may disband and you
are to either find another or build it up again.
It’s being apart of something you
love. That’s why hanging out off
the field is just as important,
by maintaining a relationship with your teammates so
they know you are there as a
brother or sister to be able to
talk to and confide in and be
able to laugh and joke. When
the time comes where the horn
blows and the game face goes
on to having laughs about the
other adventures you’ve done. From
knowing your teammate more will give
you that much more of an advantage against
your opponent of almost knowing what your
teammate is thinking just by looking at them.
Got teammates living far away? Half of my
team is a 13 hour drive away. It can be hard
to stay in touch. However with today’s age we
always stay in touch with facebook, skype,
email or video games. We do use video games
as another way of teamwork and practice by
trying to get online and have a good bunch of
laughs playing with or against each other. So
make sure to be the teammate on and off the
field. For both are important and so are you!
No matter what part of the team you are,
either Captain, LT, SGT, right arm, grunt,
newbie, etc., you are important and are what
helps hold a team in place. So being involved
in the team is important, if you don’t distance
will arise and soon you won’t know what to
say or how to act and the uncomfortable will
sit in. We want the “camaraderie”, it’s what binds
us, what makes us a
close knit bunch,
what separates us
from the others
and yet is similar in
each team.
See you on the field
Rob McLellan
Ontario Regional Commander
Valken Corps
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