Everyone would like to be the fastest or strongest player on the team. However, there can only be one "fastest" and one "strongest" player. For teams, this is actually a good thing because teams need different skills to be successful. There are many areas in which players can excel and contribute to a team's efforts. Players can aspire to be the player who is the:
- Best at playing a position
- Leader in team spirit and attitude
- Hardest working
- Most helpful and encouraging to other players
- Least selfish in scoring situations
- Best at a particular skill
- Most knowledgeable about game situations
- Most consistent from game to game
- Best at defensive play
- Best at scrambling for goals or points
These are just a few of the many different needs that teams have. Teams need players to fill a variety of roles in order to win games. Just because a player isn't the fastest or strongest player on the team, doesn't mean that a player won't have plenty of opportunity to become one of the most valuable.