ABSTRACT

There is a crisis of leadership in sport. Leadership as an athletic excellence is under threat from the deepening influence of coaches on in-game decisionmaking. To appreciate what is being lost in this shift of responsibility, it is necessary to understand the challenge of athlete leadership. Captaincy is the quintessential on-field leadership role. However, the role of captain, and athlete leadership more widely, remains philosophically untheorized. This paper initiates a discussion of leadership in sport by providing the first normative account of captaincy. Rugby union is used as a case study, as this sport preserves an especially demanding and complex form of captaincy that may provide a rough template for the revival of athlete leadership in other sports. A virtue theoretical analysis of the role is developed based on a functionalist conception of virtue. It is argued that discharging the responsibilities of such captaincy requires two key virtues: ‘sporting judgement’ and ‘responsibility’.

摘要

体育领域存在领导危机。领导才能作为一项出色的体育运动，正受到教练对游戏中决策影响的日益深远的威胁。为了体会这种责任转移所造成的损失，有必要了解运动员领导力的挑战。上尉是典型的现场领导角色。但是，队长的角色和运动员的领导更广泛，在哲学上还没有理论化。本文通过提供关于队长的第一个规范性论述，开始对体育领导力的讨论。橄榄球联盟被用作案例研究，因为这项运动保留了特别苛刻和复杂的队长形式，这可能为复兴其他运动中的运动员领导地位提供了一个粗糙的模板。基于功能主义的美德理论对角色进行美德理论分析。有人认为，履行这种首长的职责需要两个关键的美德：“体育判断”和“责任”。