You know I haven't been yelled at on this site in a while so seems like a good time to suffer some abuse! I am not a big believer in team leaders. The leader of the team had better be the coach. Somebody famous said that - or a coach I used to know - too old and feeble to remember which. But none the less I agree. There is the occasional player who can get away with being a coach on the floor/field. Who can let a teammate know in no uncertain terms when they are not putting forth their best effort. My experience is I have coached precious few of those. And those that 'try' to be team leaders most often are scoffed at sometimes by players and coaches alike. And often they become negative or phoney. But IF you are going to be a team leader you need to be one of the very best players on the team. You can be the funny guy and keep the team loose if you are down the talent line but to be a true leader you have to be a premier player.