Taylor Brooks's DISC Profile

Like all DISC Styles, your style has certain traits that can work for you, or might hold you back, depending on how you manage them.

Working For You	Could Hold You Back
Competitive & Determined: Taylor is a very determined player, and usually puts forth a strong effort throughout the game.	Competitive & Determined: Taylor's determination can sometimes go overboard, and lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance.
Eager To Improve: Taylor will be eager to try new strategies and techniques to help improve their stick skills and tactical decision-making.	Eager To Improve: Taylor might lack the patience and listening traits needed to fully grasp their coaches' instructions the first time.
Assertive Communicator: At their best, Taylor uses their assertive communication style to be a positive influence for their team on and off the field.	Assertive Communicator: Taylor's assertive communication style might sometimes go overboard and come across in a negative way.

Motivators & Temperament

Competitive & Determined Taylor's Dominance DISC Style is at the core of their competitive and results-oriented lacrosse temperament style. They thrives on competition, and looks forward to getting on the field and going up against the other team. They feels being a "winner" is the ultimate motivation for playing lacrosse. They hates to lose, especially if they feels they and their team did not play hard and give their full effort.

Results-Oriented Taylor is very results-oriented, and tends to have high expectations for how they plays. At times, they can become quite frustrated if they are not playing up to their expectations. To be at their best: Their natural "can-do" attitude is ideal for using short positive self-talk phrases as a mental game strategy for turning frustration back into positive energy.

Strong-Willed Taylor is strong-willed and sometimes feels as if they are "giving in" to some degree when an opposing player gets the best of them. How they reacts to these situations can influence how much they grows and develops as a lacrosse player. To be at their best: If they maintains their composure, they can learn and grow from these experiences. On the other hand, if they responds with frustration and anger, this will likely limit their growth and development as a player.

Playing Style

Intense Playing Style Taylor is a strong competitor and usually plays hard throughout the game. They are not easily intimidated by bigger, faster, or more skilled players, as they feels going up against them is part of the competitive challenge of the game. They feels they can make a difference by playing harder than the opposing players.

Very Determined Taylor's determination usually helps them make the best of their athletic skills and decision-making on the field. On the other hand, their determination can sometimes go overboard, and lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance. To be at their best: Being intentional with deep breathing during breaks in the action can help them stay loose and ready to be at their best on the field.

Bold Decision-Maker Taylor's decision-making style tends to be fairly bold and aggressive. At their best, they plays smart, and makes good decisions that work in their team's favor. At other times, they might cost their team if they goes overboard with aggressive decisions that have little chance of being successful. To be at their best: Making sure they clearly understands the coach's game plan for the game will help reinforce good decision-making on the field.

Interaction With Teammates

Openly Expresses Feelings Taylor's teammates will see them as a competitive and determined teammate. When it's time to go up against the opposing team, they feels their team should be ready to compete hard, and they might openly express these feelings with their teammates. At their best, they uses their competitive nature to be a positive influence for their teammates on and off the field.

Assertive Communicator Taylor has an assertive and direct communication style, and at their best uses it to be a positive influence with their teammates. On the other hand, they needs to understand their assertiveness can sometimes go overboard, and come across in a negative manner. To be at their best: They needs to be sure they values the opinions of all their teammates, including those with less assertive communication styles.

Independent & Self-Reliant While Taylor has an independent and self-reliant streak, they enjoys being part of a team-oriented environment. Their determined nature can provide a spark of competitive energy for their teammates, especially for those with more relaxed personality styles. Likewise, Taylor benefits by being around these more relaxed style teammates, as they provide a nice balance to their sometimes more intense nature.

Approach To Improving Their Game

Pay The Price Taylor sees improving their skills as a competitive challenge. They are very results-oriented, and knows hard work is a big part of producing favorable results. Along with skills training and mental training, they knows strength and conditioning training is also part of paying the price for moving their game to a higher level.

Open To Change Taylor will be open to change, especially when they feels changes their coaches suggest will help them improve their skills and tactical decision-making. They tends to think and move at a fast pace, and sometimes might lack the patience to fully grasp their coaches' instructions the first time. They will expect to see progress with new changes faster than players who have more patient and methodical learning styles.

Needs To Set Priorities Taylor's natural sense of urgency can impact how they goes about improving their game. They are the type player who might try to work on too many things at one time, and get in the way of making significant progress towards improving any one skill. To be at their best: They would likely benefit by asking their coaches to help them develop a list of specific priorities for improving their game, including what to work on when practicing on their own.