Heemi+Rihari

**Heemi'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) Supporting and Encouraging others
 * 3) Giving and Recieving Feedback

Week One

Entry 1 During the game I was __**communicating effectively**__ by calling for the ball when I was in the open space one example of this was when I was on the wing and I called for the ball I called "Ben, I'm open" from the centre and it resulted in a good cross to Kyril and it got us a really good goal. As a result of this, my team mates would pass me the ball and on a couple more occasions this lead to me setting up oppurtunities for Kyril, Ben and Angus to get some good goals. We were calling like "Kyril's open" or "yeah I'm free". It also helped because it improved the atmosphere of the team and we were __**supporting and encouraging others**__ to call and talk more which made the game fun and positive. An example of this was when I congratulated by saying "mean goal, Bro". I also was supportive and encouraging to others because at the beginning of the game some people in the team weren't very good at the passing drill so I gave them a few pointers even know Iwasn't the best of a passer I still gave them a few pointers that had a good outcome. I mostly did this after getting a goal I would high five and compliment them. This had a positive impact on the team because the boys were all feeling amped and happy after getting a goal and then it made us keep trying to get even more goals. I think I could improve by being encouraging when we have a bad play too and not just focus on the good stuff. I wasn't really __**giving or receiving**__ much __**feedback**__, besides just congratulating people when we won goals. I could improve this skill by maybe giving some tips to the boys or identifying where there might be a weakness with the opposition. I could tell them "next time try passing out to the wing and I will cross over the middle".

Entry 2 During this game I wasn't feeling very well and didn't feel like playing, as a result of this I wasn't very motivated and this affected my interpersonal skills. It was harder to communicate effectively, I did try but I didn't call very loud and didn't make myself available to my team mates. I also found it hard to support and encourage others, I didn't encourage other people in my team much at all. I didn't give much feedback but there were some boys in the team that gave me some positive feedback and I was thankful and this made me feel like I wanted to try a little bit harder. Overall, I think that on this day my Interpersonal Skills suffered because of how I was feeling. I felt sick and this meant that I didn't really want to interact much with my team. I think that this would all be improved if I wasn't feeling unwell anymore.

Week Two

Entry 1 During this day our team done really well I think it was our best day yet with our communication An example of this was in nearly every single game we had at least one play that came from one of the people in our team calling for the ball in a specific area. We were all communicating effectively. We were all talking lots and communicating really well which had a positive result on our games and resulted in us winning alot of goals. I think that I supported our team quite well today because in alot of plays i congragulated one or more of my team mates such as when Kyril got a goal i congragualted him and told him his run was really good. All of us were supporting each other. We were using the inter personal skills of supporting and encouraging others. This also helped us to do well in our games and we had good wins as a result. We all received a lot of compliments including me from Angus when he crossed the ball into me in one of the games and I scored a really good goal off of it. When we gave feedback we would give high fives and come together as a team. We played well in general, it was a really good day for our team. I gave some good feedback today because in the first game I missed a few chances at goals but then I started to tell the boys ways that we could improve on this and it worked. Then through the day I got better and I think the feedback helped and worked well to improve our communication so we scored more.

Entry 2 Today wasn't the best day for our team. Our communication wasn't very good and we weren't all getting along very well this showed when we would call for passes but most of us were trying to play the whole game by themselves instead of using team plays and they would go for the goal by themselves which may work sometimes but today it was just turning out in us all arguing for the ball and not scoring many goasl at all. Because we weren't really getting along we ended up by being quite quiet during the game. We weren't being loud or aggressive enough in the games. I wouldn't say it was too bad but it didn't work very positively for us. When we don't communicate effectively then we don't always make good passes or do things at the right time which ends up in us missing goals. We most definitely need to improve our communication next time. The communication problems resulted in not very much support or encouragement towards each. We were quiet and then didn't really help each other or give praise. This made our game feel flat. We were also missing 2 boys so it was a hard day for us game wise and the support all went away. I think considering the missing of two of our players, we did better than I thought we would. Just like the communication and encouragement, the feedback was low. We didn't really try to talk about ways to improve. We just all went quiet. We didn't give any feedback and then we didn't receive because we were all not talking. It was really low because of the loss of communication and it resulted in us playing the same all day long and not getting better maybe even worse.

Week Three

Entry 1 Today we communicated really well. Our communication was effective because we called for the ball and helped each other by letting the players know when we were in the open there was one really good example when i was fully unguarded near the right side of the goal and i called for the ball and scored a goal off of it and after that because i got a goal i started to understand the concept of getting into space and i did it quite few more times that day which resulted in a lot of goals even know it did not always work it did for us today. Even in between goals we would talk about ways that we can score the next game and new strategies. This had a positive effect on the team and it was really fun and I think out teams getting better every week especially with our communication and this means our games are getting better. I do think that we may have to be a bit more serious in our games if we want to start winning a lot more but I'm happy with the way we're going. Our support and encouragement was great for today and it was one of the first days all of us were at school so we all got to properly play together and we were all giving each other a lot of feed back one example of this was when Steely kept missing quite alot of goalkeeping balls so i told him to try to come out to the player instead of waiting for them to come to you and it worked well and he used it for the rest of the day and it turned out really good. It is better when the whole team is there and we feel like we have lots of support and then we encourage each other a lot more than when our team feels a bit empty and quiet. I gave a lot of feedback and today and I think this had a positive effect on the boys. I was positive and celebrating heaps. I also received a lot of feedback and it was mostly praise and that was good. I still think though that next time we need more compliments for the good but still play serious so we win more.

Entry 2 Today all our teams communication was really good we were all talking lots and we got along really well. We had fun and laughed a lot the communication of our team is mostly good and when we communicate effectively that is when we but it gets better every week sometimes there miscommunications and arguments but we get over it quickly. We supported eachother quite well today and it made our games much better I think we only lost one game today and the rest were quite close but with the support of everyone in the team we won all but one game. I received alot of feed back today and it helped alot

Week Four

Entry 1 Today wasn't that good of a day we were all over the place and our communication was really bad we weren't getting along and it just didn't turn out well all day one example of this was quite a repetitive act of the day as we would make it all the way to the goal but instead of making a cross or a good shot we were all kind of just taking wild shots at goal including my self which i think we definitely should not do that in the next game and should improve on our team work for our next day of football we still played alright but the communication was really bad we didn't support eachother at all and the feedback wasn't really that positive either it was all quite negative including alot of negative comments going to Steely for missing goal keeping balls and we werent happy with the effort he was putting in but at the end of the day i think it was more of a team thing instead of one person making mistakes. Our support was really bad too we weren't helping eachother out we were all practically a one man team it wasn't a good day for us

Entry 2 Today we did really well it was definitely our best day so far out the whole time we've been doing this our communication was great we were talking lots getting along putting in different strategies in our game and good ways to play our communication was great I think the perfect exaple of this was when In multiple plays we would call for the ball up field in the centre and run in from the wing which worked alot of time and got us alot of points today. Our support for eachother was really good and we were helping eachother out alot we all supported eachother today and it resulted in us making quite a few good plays I made a comment on Steelys goalying because he was doing really well so i told him to keep up the good goalying which I personally think would have boosted his confidence and made him play even better, I think I made alot of good plays today Including one shot were i took a gamble and got in a shot from out by the wing about half way to the goal from the half way line. Also our feedback was really good we made eachother play better and I received and gave alot of feedback mostly positive Including when i recieved feedbackfrom Ben when i made a that shot from the corner and he said to keep playing how I was and we will do really well.