Michael+Iwashita

**Michael's Reflective Journal**
Identify and explain the 3 interpersonal skills you selected and demonstrated with specific examples.
 * 1) In each entry, reflect on how the use of your interpersonal skills is impacting on the team. Consider the expectations of your role and any changes that you could make to improve your skills. Ensure that you answer the following questions:

- What impact resulted from demonstrating your interpersonal skills?

- What could you do to improve your interpersonal skills to create a positive impact on others?

- Start by listing/identifying the interpersonal skills you will be discussing in each entry

Interpersonal Skills
 * 1) Communicating effectively
 * 2) Giving and recieving feedback
 * 3) Co-operating with others

Week One

Entry 1: Today was our first proper lesson of playing football. I felt I demonstrated my role of manager quite well through communication. The way I demonstrated communication is i discussed with the coach on which drills we'll be doing and how it will be conducted. I also communicated with my squad mates by sorting out their positions so that by the end of the day Minoj was in goal, Quinn and Tim were forward and Tayne was in defence.

today I gave and received feed and it seemed to work quite well. I encouraged Minoj to stand closer to the goal and charge attacking players which he took on board and started to save more goals. I also received feedback from Tom and Quinn when they commented on my passing and encouraged me to put more power into my kick. This made more of my passes reached the target more.

i also cooperated with others today as well. i had received the ball in the center of the of the field and dribbled forward as I got close to the goal I saw that I had a shot even though it was a risky one. I then heard Quinn calling and even though I could have taken the shot myself I passed it to him And we scored even though we eventually lost 2-1. I also cooperated with the referees by accepting their decision even though I felt they were wrong.

Entry 2: Today was our third day playing soccer for PE. Today I demonstrated communication through discussing with the ref about a controversial call. I explained to both refs that I had seen a hand ball and that it had touched his hand. Even though they decided play on I felt that I got my point across well and that it was taken into consideration. I also communicated with other team members through calling for the ball and telling them if they were about to be tackled.

Today i gave and received feedback because i noticed that Tayne was consistently unmarked so i asked him to call for the ball he did this more and set up a lot of goals which were scored by Tim and Quinn. i also supported my team mates a lot which led to our team having a great game in which we won 2-nil even though Mr Darkins was goalie

today i cooperated well with others because i passed a lot and went to support people when the needed it. like when hunter made a break through our line and Tayne was the only one between him and our goalie. i ran back as hard as i could to put pressure on hunter while Tayne put pressure on another player. i ended up tackling hunter and preventing a goal that could have been scored.

Week Two

Entry 1: today was our 3rd lesson of soccer. it was pretty heated today because of a bit of foul play but my team managed to keep their cool. i communicated with others very effectively today because me and my coach Tim developed a game plan. the plan was to have me and Tayne back fro the kick off and pass it to us. we then passed it between each other and then after wed drawn players down the field we lobbed it up to Quinn who was unmarked and we scored an open goal.

during the games today i gave and received a lot of feedback. especially to the other teams. one of the opposition kept on getting tackled i suggested he could pass it on and maybe set up a goal rather than go for goal themselves. this almost proved like a bad decision because he passed it to a team mate who nearly scored if it wasn't for a last minute tackle by our defender Tayne.

i feel like i cooperated well with others today because i listened and participated well in the plan we created. i also made a lot of passes which were effective in relieving the pressure and setting up goals which eventually allowed us to win a couple of games

Entry 2: today was our last lesson of soccer for the 2nd week. i communicated well with my team mates this lesson and made a lot of good calls. i called for the ball whenever i was open and got passed the ball often as well i also did a lot of constructive communication when informing players when they had a "man on" and when i was "back if they need". this in turn got me a lot of ball and helped my mates out.

i received plenty of feedback today too. i made alot of runs with the ball i received and sometimes i should have passed. after being told this by my captain i passed more and was much more effective at moving the ball around the field. i gave lots of feedback as well which helped my team especially when i was telling Quinn after a game that a lob would've been effective during it.

i cooperated well with others during these games more so after i was told to pass more. i enjoyed playing with the others today especially since while cooperating we scored alot more goals eventually winning 2 of our games with one of them being 3-0. i also feel that if me and my team didn't cooperate the scores would be completely different

Week Three

Entry 1: today we played soccer for the second time this week. we played very well and won the majority of our games. all of my teammates including me communicated very effectively. all of us were cheering our mates on and calling for the ball. this was a very good strategy because the opposition teams did not know who the ball was going to be passed to and had to waste effort on options that were in no position to receive the ball anyway.

today i feel i played very well because i scored 2 goals and all the feedback i received was very good. the majority of the feedback was: "good goal" and "nice run." i gave our players positive feedback when they did well as well. today there was negative feedback between games to but this all helped us improve our game and may be one of the reasons we played well.

i also feel that my cooperation with the rest of the team was good as well. we passed the ball alot and weren't glory seekers. this helped display how well we played as a team rater than a group of single players. however our cooperation didn't stop us from scoring as we still took the shot if we saw an opening or if our teammates urged us on.

Entry 2: today was our 4th day of soccer for this week. i communicated well today because i think after being in Australia i have picked up on it again. i yelled for the ball if i was in trouble and called for support if i was in trouble this led to us retaining a lot of our possession which we otherwise would have lost

i gave a lot of feedback today mainly on positioning because i'm the manager. i heard Mr Darkins telling the team he was playing for that they would chip it over the defense. i then got tayne to fall back deeper and i myself fell back from the mid-field to support him.

today i cooperated with others quite alot. the way i fell back to support Tayne demonstrates this. the team also cooperated very well today with all of our players not having the ball much but still having the majority of the possession this is because we passed the balled around alot which kept it away from the oppositions and opened up holes in their defense

Week Four

Entry 1 today was our second to last day of soccer. we all knew that we had to play hard today because we were halfway up the table and we had to be undefeated to get close to winning the tournament.because of this i communicated very well today to make sure my team mates knew what was happening around them so they can concentrate on the ball

even though we tried hard to win today we lost some of our games this lead to lots and lots of feedback and seeing my job is as the manager i told people what to improve on in the future. also quinn told me some tips such as go to the man and to pass through holes.

today i felt that our team somewhat fell apart. although i tried hard to display the interpersonal skill of cooperating with others the team didn't seem to interlink today and this may be a reason we lost our games today. i also feel like our team would play better if we have spent more time playing together so we can read each others playing style.

Entry 2 today was our last day of soccer and even though we knew wed lost we still played our hardest and that shows dedication. today i felt that we communicated very effectively. i felt like i knew and i helped everyone else know where everyone on the field was at all times

there was alot of feedback being given and received today. i was told to move up more and create space. Manoj was also doing alot of goalie runs which constantly left our goal open so we informed him that he needs to stay in goal more and after this we score more and conceded less.

today we all cooperated well with each other and i feel like i did it too. i tried really hard to cooperate with my team mates today. i passed alot and sent in alot of good corners. i supported my mates in defense and played close with them while we were attacking their goal. overall i felt like i cooperated well today.