Noticing New Things

Thursday I was at my latest soccer game and the game had just ended and I had just noticed that some kids hadn't played at all during the game. I went up to the coach and asked him why he hadn't played some of the kids and his answer was we needed to win the game. This made me think about the book Coaching the Mental Game and it talked about it shouldn't be all about winning it should be about putting in a team effort and getting the kids to enjoy the time they have as a team. I didn't want to say anything because I would have felt weird but I will next time because it really isn't fair.

My team scrimmaging against Walnut we won  2-1

Blog 6:Second Interview Questions

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?
  
    My mentor is Ron Martinez and he volunteers at AYSO Soccer league and he has been coaching there for 12 years.

2. What five questions will you ask them about their background?

1.     How does the training provided to you lead your soccer team to success?
2.     What are the three most important aspects to being a good soccer coach?
3.     Do you feel your teams need to be successful or do you like to see them have fun as well?
4.     Who are some great examples of coaches who have exemplified great leadership and success?
5.     How can an interest in soccer outside of coaching better influence your team?

Blog 5: Project Reflection and working EQ

The Pentagon:
(1) Positive Statement: So far i have had one positive encounter. That encounter happened when I was walking through the soccer field and a parent came up to me and said thank you for organizing the scrimmage game against my sisters team. I felt great about it after because it felt good to know i was helping other kids do better.
(2) EQ Content: the one pice of research that has really helped me better understand my topic is the article that talks about coaches and the leadership throughout the team. This piece of research has helped me because now i see the way people step up on a team to try to make others better and not just helping themselves.
(3) What has worked for me so far has been the people trying to help make my senior topic better. When i let people know what i am doing as my topic they try helping me by giving me tips and ideas to better help me understand my topic.
(4) One thing that has not worked so far has been finding quality research. There is research available but i am not able to find research on what really helps a coach make his or her team successful.
(5) Finding Value: In what ways can a soccer coach be successful and a good leader at the same time?
I have not found a mentor yet but i have emailed soccer coaches at Cal Poly and i am waiting for a response.

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.