[Samwaldo]

As a past captain:
I was constantly thanked and led our team to the best season yet, from being dead last to alliance captains the next year.

Being a captain for me was about being someone everyone WANTED to be led by.
-Find the perfect balance between being the leader, friend, teacher, and teamate.
-find an area of the team they lack in and work all season on inproving it. I realized we relyed on adults to much so when our lead techical mentor left, 2013 was our worst season. When i became captain in 2014 I made huge changes. Our robot for the first time was wired, CADed, and programmed almost 100% by students, just to name a few areas. It was our best robot to date and with the most student involvment.
-create support for yourself. When I was captain, i created subgroups (we called squads) for each area (programming, CAD, mechanical, Nonengineering) with a leader for each squad. It was amazing that i could trust each squad leader to monitor each project, report to me on progress, teach everyone in the group their skill, and come to me for help.
-choose your support team/subgroup leaders by who can you trust to do a good job but not by who are you friends with
-remember its just captain of a robotics team and your still a student. Dont be afraid to ask for help from others and adults.

I could list a million other things but the best advise is try something crazy and dont be afraid to ask for help.