Airsoft is a game and most participants are in for various reasons. For very, very few, airsoft can be called as profession. There are hardly any competitions because of the very nature of this game. Most airsoft teams want to improve and develop into more "professional" outfits that can boast their skirmish experience. However, as a team member or specially if you are a team leader you got to ask yourself " How far are your teammates ready to go?". If you start strict measures to improve the teams capabilities then you might (depending of the person ambitions) actually reach point where some of the team members start feeling uncomfortable and drop out. So, what is your airsoft team ambition and goals?.
For most teams, the key points for keeping members in active status and attracting more recruits, are:
- Sufficient frequency of activity (but not too much though..)
- Team identity (nickname, insignia, gear, etc.)
- Balancing enjoyment and team duties
Team leader should be very clearly defined and his or her authority acknowledged by all members. For team leader the responsibility is greatest , so he (she) should deal with many of the problems that will eventually rise during the team's existence. Team leader should be identified by his or her leadership traits, experience in airsoft and willingness to shoulder responsibility.
Deal with troublemakers
All the members of the team should be able to work with each other and also with other team member who are not part of the team. If you have troublemakers within your team they will make the whole team look bad for players outside your group.
Being a SUPERMAN affects the whole team.
It should be general rule within the team that absolutely no cheating with hit-calls, because whole team will be quickly labeled as cheaters should anyone have any reason to suspect one of your members for doing it.
Team status - prepare for tough ride
Should you play well some reputation will start to go around and it will have both positive and negative effect for the team. Your members are more willing to stay with team and participate in activities given the feel good they get from increased status.
However, some members that can't live with little fame will get problems with their boasted egos. For starters they might not want to lose out for any newbie's and might resort to cheating - exactly what newcomers suspect when coming across "elite team".
You know what, being a member of well-known team makes you target number #1 for everybody else.