Always Coaching

So last night I had a soccer game and I know my senior project isn't playing soccer but it was during the game that i noticed something odd that i was doing. It was almost the end of the second half and my coach decided to pull me out and give me a rest but i wasn't tired so i went and sat down by the coaching box. After a few minutes i couldn't take just sitting there anymore so i stood up and started pacing the sideline. I then noticed something on the field that I didn't like so i started yelling to some of the players and they actually listened. Soon i found myself directing players around an my coach looked at me and he goes " am I the coach or you". he didn't say it in a bad way more sarcastically. I then caught myself and realized that i had payed so much attention to coaching that i was out for 15 minutes. I then went back into the game and I left with the thought that coaching just comes naturally to me.

Blog 4: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?
    I plan on interviewing Robin Cruz. He is a soccer coach that i have known for years who has coached multiple teams and once played the game himself. I plan on doing this because i know he has a lot of experience and can be very helpful in giving me information that i already don't know.

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What addiitional questions do you plan to ask?
   I was planning on asking 3 additional open ended questions.

• The first would be, what is most important in being successful in coaching youth sports?
• The second would be, Do you have a different way that you approach each team?
• The final question would be, What is it about soccer that makes you love to coach the sport?

Blog 3: Soccer Coaching and Semester 1 Eslr Goals

1. Soccer Coaching

2. What do you plan to do this year to show growth in each of the ESLR's?

• Ipoly Citizen: This year I plan on joining committees that can help me get more involved with school activites such as I-Fest and Scare Fair because in recent years i have not shown much enthusiasm in participating in school events. 
• Effective Learner: This year I plan on keeping my work up to date especially in class that i would have much trouble in such as physics because i have had trouble keeping up with all of my work and i need to learn to stay on top of it and make sure it is turned in on time.
• Effective User of Technology: This year i plan to use technology more frequently then i have in the past because i have found that technology is a great way that helps me learn new things and is effective on time management especially when it comes to meeting deadlines for homework or projects.
• Effective Communicator: This year I plan on being an effective communicator among my classmates in activitie's such as model assembly, and participating in class events. I plan on doing these things because i always have a strong opinion but i am never able to voice that opinion so this year gives me the opportunity to do so.

Summer Mentorship Component

Literal


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2.Ron Martinez

3.Questions that were raised because of Mentorship

• What style of play is best in order to win a soccer game.
• Is it better to run more drills or play mini games in order to build a successful team.
• How can you keep your players under control in order to win games.

Interpretive

4. The most important thing that I learned from this experience was to find the correct style of play to use in game situations that help win games. This helped me understand how to utilize the players talents to this style of play to help the team win.

Applied
5. What I did helped me choose a topic because I got a great hands on experience and with soccer which is a topic I love. Being able to help coach a soccer team helped me to choose a topic because it was something that I was comfortable with and enjoyable.