Ben+Templeton

**Ben'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) Including Others

Week One

Entry 1 In the session I felt my team played well together as they understood the concept of passing and including others apart from the odd couple of plays when they needed me to give them advice on what they should be doing. This was put to use when Kyril ran up the wing using is speed to beet multiple players and then he wasted an opportunity by taking a shot at a ridicules angle, (though a did commend him on his great display of speed and control up the wing) at this point i went up to him and suggested he take a look on the inside player 'Angus' who was wide open for a cross and a shot at an open goal. Feedback was given and received from and to my team when we started the warm up as Steely hadn't quite grasped the concept of stopping then passing when I went to him and gave him this bit of crucial advice. My team was then compelled to enlighten me that the warm up was getting tiring so I took the advice and changed to something else. Today I also managed to successfully run the team with one twos exchanging from me to Kyril, for this to have had happen Kyril and i needed to communicate effectively as we did, this resulted in an amazing goal Kyril received from one of my crosses. I noticed steely wasn't being included in the one game as we had all the possession and he was in the goal, this made me relise that he was unhappy for he was not being included so I was happy to swap with him to give him a chance up front, even though my terrible keeping resulted in them scoring twice. If I were to improve my skills I would talk more on the field to the other team, thought I did manage to congratulate another team on an epic goal.

Entry 2 Today I have used my interpersonal skills really well as my team was down to only 3 players but we still managed to win one game and loose like true sportsmen congratulating them on a well earned victory. We talked while rotating the keeper to ensure all members of our teem got to take part in each position this helped us, as we were able to talk a lot to each other and to the other team and cooperate with one another efficiently, because of it we were able to advance on the opposite teams goal but were unfortunately shut down due to lack of players. Today when I pasted Quinn for the third time he gave me advice saying that my moves are somewhat predictable as i always revert to the same ones, i took this advice on and put it to use which ultimately resulted in me scoring a goal. I think if i were to have done something better today it wouldn't be of my interpersonal skills as i think today we played well as a team passed well talked a lot gave and received advice on multiple occasions and had fun in each others presence. Week Two

Entry 1 Today wasn't the best day for our team we lost every game and eventually scored one goal at the end due to a back and forth Kyril and i did. This happened because of a brilliant goal steely saved, he then kicked up field for me to run on o from there Kyril called for the ball ran the wing crossed it into me when i called and put i it in the back of the net. There was some foul play going on today which did not sit well with me but no matter what arguments my team put up they were shut down by the "Ref" on the opposite team and there was nothing i could do about it as our ref was away, this resulted in two of the games being 3-0. Apart from that we played two other teams that played fair and in turn gave me a reason to communicate advice and applause when they were due. A player from the opposite team missed the goal and the ball went in the creak i sympathized as he missed the goal by less than half a meter then asked Angus to help me out of the water when my foot got stuck he did so with eas and i thanked him for his help this helping us to work as a team and in turn helping with our teams chemistry. In the end we may have lost every game but we succeeded in working as a team and improving our overall level of play. But if I were to reflect on my own performance and criticize what I have done it would be to give more feedback to my teammates in the future.

Entry 2 we're back on the field and ready for a great lesson, and for once have our whole team ready and eager for some soccer. we started off with another quick target shooting at a post in the middle of two groups to improve accuracy. Steely wasn't to keen on the idea and was struggling as he likes to play goalie this helped me reconsider the exercise to account for all of my team, this proved useful by the time we finished our first game against black (the top team) winning 4-1 our first victory against them a and a marvelous one at that. We then played yellow, it started of shakily when the scoreboard red 2-0 them but after a couple one twos with Angus we were square, that was when Kyril our current goalkeeper ran the field and scored a goal when the opposing teams goalkeeper was clearly in some sort of day dream putting up no fight. I thought it might be good idea to give him some advice on what to do but couldn't quite find the right words so when i went up to him i suggested he keep his eye on the ball. This i think may have done the trick, because when i went to shoot next he managed to prevent a goal as if he were a professional, it was so good the whole field practically congratulated him. The second to last game was if our team was one we just knew were to go and did exactly what they were supposed to do, we were 3-0 up and Heemi suggested we play Steely up front admittedly at first i was a little unsure of what could come of this as Steely does wonders in the goal but when he received a pass from Heemi and took a shot at the goal and I was outstanded to see what an amazing play he had just done, it managed to go through the goalies legs and through the posts, this was so good i stayed in goal for the next game as well, this resulted in another two nil victory. After all our games i congratulated my team on winning all of them today this was the best i'd seen them play and suggested in an exited tone that we do the same next week. This week overall I think I played the best i could and contributed to our side by giving and receiving feedback as much as possible including others throughout all the games and talked to my team resulting in many victories.

Week Three

Entry 1 we started with a target warm up witch consisted of two out of our four players standing on either side of a pole and taking turns trying to get as close as possible or hit it, I chose this exercise as it helps with passing and shooting accuracy one very few things that is lefty our team down, after practicing that for 5 minutes I noticed some of our teams shooting techniques required a little help this especially was shown with steely as he has not played soccer that often and don't get me wrong was doing a good job for his experiences, I managed to get his aim a little more on point by showing him to shoot using the inside of your foot not your toes this helped his overall shooting and I went on to assure him that if he kept practicing it he would be able to hit the target %100 of the time. we were a player down today and needed to work as a team witch we managed to do with success this led to two consecutive victories which came along by kiril running the left wing and we calling out for him to cross it into the player in the middle who in this case was Angus who then managed to shoot at the goal and the keeper was unable to stop it. I commended them both on a well executed play. I didn't enjoy being defense but I felt it necessary for we were missing a player and needed to be considerate of others so as we can have a go at all positions and rest when needed. If I were to improve myself today it would be to include others more willingly.

Entry 2 there was no time at the start for a warm up exercise as the games were already about to start by the time i had finished helping set up the fields, this was kind of an exercise on its own as our team together set up the far field communicating were the corner posts had to go as well as where the goals should be. Within thirty seconds of setting up the field we were called over to start our first game, we barely had enough time to get set up when we were under siege and in a hard position. The first five minutes were consistent of our team kicking off loosing the ball which in turn resulted in another goal against, the end score was 4-0. our team went through there team and shook hands congratulating them on a great game. It wasn't long before we were into another game with Kyril and I giving and recieving the ball back and forth and calling for it in more offensive positions whilst creating space for Heemi to make a run through the centre, Kyril passed it into the centre but Heemi wasn't quick enough and the ball was snatched up by the keeper. After the game i gave Heemi advice to start his runs earlier, this he put into play well in the next game when it was him calling for the ball and me being to slow to get it to him, after the play was over he suggested i look for an earlier cross to the inside player and i admitted that that would have been a good idea and thanked him on some good advice. This week if i were to improve my game i should have considered steely's time in the goal and given him a run instead of being focused on communication, talking and winning.

Week Four

Entry 1 Today after the warm up we were honoured to be playing along side Mr Darkin, due to some difficulty in the numbers we had. acknowledging i was coach the whole team was looking at me for there positions, and after consideration i put all players on the field in the positions that would hopefully win the games this consisted of steely defense Angus right attacking midfield me in the supporting role of left midfield and Mr Darkins in goal so he could send the long balls from the goal. This setup proved useful when we came up against black (the team currently on top), Mr Darkins and i set up a plan for him to send a long ball from goalie over the other team and onto my run so it would be a one on one with the keeper, all went exactly to pan except for when it became time for me to shoot and, i missed... Our second game offered a chance for me to redeem myself so to speak when i was all over the field supporting the player with the ball and making it known the time our team had untill they were under pressure, an example of this is when Angus was sidestepping along the wing with the ball and didn't realize that Eban was running right at him, fortunately i saw what was going to happen in time and yelled "man on", Angus being a soccer player recognized the call and passed it off for me to run onto and succefully drawing the players leaving me an easy one on one. For the last game Mr Darkins and i switched, i played goalie and fed the ball through to our last man this resulted in a high scoring game for both teams as i managed to set up goals be yelling to my team were to go but unfortunately lost us points due to the fact that i am terrible in goal. Today apart from small hints in the game i didn't really demonstrate giving feedback, this is what i need to improve for next time.

Entry 2 Our final day was taken by a reliever who couldn't control the class, for this reason we had no games today, instead 8 boys from different teams including myself went away from the rest of the class and played a game of soccer on our own. in my team there were Tim, Angus, Connor and myself and in the other team there was Wilson, Caleb, Levi and Eban. The game started off with our team 3 nil up due to some quick one twos between myself and Tim. Then shortly after the other team retaliated with 4 quick consecutive goals, leaving us down a point. Tim and i kept passing and calling working our way up the field but when it came to shoot we would miss. after closer examination what i noticed is as Tim shoots he uses the wrong part of his foot. So while Angus was getting the ball out of the creek i went to Tim and showed him the correct area to use he took this advice and exchanged with a bit of his own suggesting to shoot earlier than what i was doing, with this newly found advice we managed to pull the game to 7 all by the end of the lesson. The reason why they managed to score another three goals on top of there original 4 is because for 5 minutes i was in goal and let them in as i am not a goalie, after Tim recognized i wasn't doing well in goal he swapped with me to let me go in the field which helped our team now that i was out of the goal. Today we had to work together without the teacher and our normal teams to play a game instead of acting dumb, and through this situation we were able to organize everyone wanting to play into teams whilst keeping them fair. If i were to improve today then it would be to praise the other team more for playing well as a team dispite not having played together before.