Morgan Ellis'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. Keep in mind that a strength can be "over-done" and become a weakness.

Working For You	Could Hold You Back
Determined: At their best, Morgan plays with a steady determination throughout the game, and never gives up on themselves or their team.	Determined: Morgan's strong determination can sometimes go overboard and lead to trying to force good performance.
Logical & Realistic: Morgan's tendency to think in realistic terms can be a strength when they are making decisions on the court.	Logical & Realistic: Morgan's tendency to look at things in realistic terms can lead to losing optimism when things aren't going well on the court.
Competitive: Morgan is quite competitive and has high expectations for how they and their team perform on the court.	Competitive: Morgan is quite competitive and can become frustrated, and perhaps self-critical, when not playing up to their expectations.

Motivators & Temperament

Motivated To Compete And Improve Morgan's Steady/Dominance DISC Style is a favorable blend of competitive and determined tendencies from the Dominance side, combined with somewhat less intense and more patient tendencies from the Steady side. They are motivated by the competitive aspects of volleyball, and an ongoing desire to make steady improvement in their skills and performance.

Competes With Steady Perseverance Morgan's determination and persevering nature are at the core of their volleyball temperament style. At their best, they compete with steady determination throughout the game, and never gives up on themselves or their team. While they are a strong competitor, their emotions tend to be somewhat less volatile than the ultra-intense style players.

Dealing With Frustration Morgan is not as prone to deep and sustained anger as the ultra-intense style players, but they can become quite frustrated if they and their team are struggling on the court. To be at their best: They would likely benefit by using short positive self-talk phrases to help them quickly turn frustration back into positive energy.

Playing Style

Balanced Playing Style Morgan uses their uniquely balanced Steady/Dominance DISC Style to make smart decisions on the court. At their best, they play situationally – aggressive when they see opportunities to make a bold play, and be more conservative when it makes sense to just protect possession of the ball.

Determination Can Go Overboard While Morgan's natural determination is a strength in many ways, their instincts are to "try even harder" when they are struggling on the court. This tendency can sometimes lead to playing "tight" and trying to force good performance. To be at their best: By being aware of this tendency, Morgan can take a few deep breaths during breaks in the action to help stay loose, and ready to respond at their best to the action on the court.

Needs To Understand The Logic Morgan likes for "things to make sense," and the clearer they understand the coach's instructions for the game, the more apt they are to follow them on the court. They feel it's just as important to outsmart opponents and make fewer mental mistakes, as it is to try to beat them with better skills and conditioning.

Interaction With Teammates

Leads By Example Morgan appreciates teammates who share their desire to work hard and put forth their best efforts towards having a winning team. They are not as much of a "rah-rah" type player as some of their more outgoing teammates. They are more of a "lead by example" type encourager, and their teammates will rarely doubt their desire to win.

Will Defend Their Opinion When Morgan has a strong opinion about something, or thinks they are the one who is right about a situation, they can be quite persistent in defending their opinion. They are not necessarily an overly assertive "in your face" type communicator, but they will not easily give up in defending their opinion.

Enjoys Being Part Of The Team Morgan enjoys the camaraderie and good-natured ribbing that is part of a team-oriented atmosphere. With that said, they feel everyone needs to be serious and focused during team meetings, practices, and pre-game warm-ups. Overall, their teammates will respect their competitive spirit and dedication to their team.

Approach To Improving Their Game

Will Pay The Price Morgan will usually respond well when coaches push them to keep developing more of their potential as a volleyball player. They'll view time and energy spent working on volleyball skills, tactical decision-making, and physical conditioning as part of paying the price needed to become a better player.

Practicing On Their Own Morgan likes to feel they are competing even when they are practicing on their own, or with others outside of formal team practices. Spending part of their informal practice time scrimmaging with others, and/or using drills that simulate competitive game-type situations, will help capitalize on their competitive nature. The more they feel like they are actually competing when they are practicing, the more likely it will help them keep improving.

Needs Measurable Goals Morgan is a competitive and results-oriented thinker, and would likely benefit by having clear, specific and measurable goals to work towards, as well as well-defined action steps towards accomplishing them. This strategy can be a strong motivator towards helping them focus on their ongoing growth and development as a volleyball player.