Teamwork is an essential part of sports culture. You have multiple players, coaches, trainers, etc. All coming together and working towards a common goal.

There are a handful of factors that go into being a good teammate and working well within a team.

Some of those traits are: 

1) Sacrifice 

2) Communication

3) Putting the team before yourself

The qualities you learn from experiencing team sports are not limited to your time playing them, but also carry over in the workplace and beyond.

Legendary Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson said this about teamwork: 

"“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson.

Here are 3 great examples of teamwork in tough situations

1) How teams, organizations, school, communities, hospitals, etc. came together during COVID in 2020.

2) The California Wildfires in 2020; where firefighters flew in from British Columbia, Canada to help.

3) The Cleveland Cavaliers coming back to win the 2016 NBA finals when being down 3-1 in the series to the Golden State Warriors.

COVID was tough for everyone around the globe. With schools shut down, sports leagues shut down, everyone was quarantined inside for months on end. 

It was amazing to see communities, organizations, hospitals, and much more come together in a tough situation. With everything turning virtual over night (zoom, teams, etc). We all had to be more communicative with each other. 

2020 California wildfires:

Canadian firefighters from British Columbia being deployed in California to work along side the US fighters working towards the common goal of saving lives and putting out the fires is another great example of teamwork and why being able to work within a team is so important!

2016 Cleveland Cavaliers were down 3-1 in the NBA finals to one of the greatest NBA teams in history. 

With their backs against the wall for the final 3 games of the series -- they were able to win all 3 and secure the franchises first NBA championship and became only the 13 team in NBA history to come back after being down 3-1 in the series.