Q.Sports and physical activities provide numerous leadership opportunities as they

Leadership has both INNATE and ACQUIRED qualities. Physical education specifically develops the ACQUIRED ones, because physical activity and sport programmes are highly interactive and offer numerous leadership opportunities (or "moments") for young people — e.g., a young captain enforcing rules for teammates is already practising leadership in an enjoyable, motivating setting. The Duke of Wellington's famous line, "The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton," captures this idea: sport is where leadership gets practised long before it is needed for something more serious.

The book lays out five stress points for creating effective leaders through PE: (1) analysing which leadership skills a student already has and which need developing; (2) identifying specific students/groups whose leadership skills need improvement, then giving them chances to lead teams or organise competitions and watching for improvement; (3) offering real leadership roles — captaincy, committee membership, officiating duties, organising festivals, leadership courses, and a visible symbol of recognition (like a cap) that motivates others too; (4) having genuine faith and confidence in the students being developed; and (5) rewarding success with still MORE responsibility, which develops their poten …