text: a team captain is one who motivates and encourages the team, usually the team votes on who will "lead" the team. the captains are the ones the team looks up to. a team would still be fine without a captain, but it seems as if a player will work harder to either to win the role as captain or the team is more organized with someone to lead them in warm-up. basically the captain is the spirt of the team, a light of hope by encouraging the team even as they lose. :)