Niko+Stanish

**Niko'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) Solving problems
 * 3) Co operating with others

Week One Entry 1 : Today was the first proper game of soccer I have played. Being an equipment organiser is fun, getting changed into my Pe gear all ready for the lesson then, going to the Pe shed and getting the gear for our games and for our setup field, getting things such as cones, soccer balls, goal sticks. By cooperating with the other equipment organisers I managed to help organise enough gear to set up three soccer fields for our teams to play on. this form of cooperating with my class mates enabled me to get the games up and running smoothly and quickly.

I solved problems by making sure that Ebon new how to set the field up, Mr Darkins had shown me how to do it so it was up to me to help out my peers if they were unsure. This solved the problem of potentially delaying the start to the game and my team getting frustrated

Entry 2

Today was our second soccer lesson and I'm really enjoying it considering my team is coming last in the competition so far, once again I got our gear ready to play like the cones and goal posts, our team had a small problem today in which we didn't have enough players so I kindly asked our teacher to play for our team and he did. I called for the ball many times and scored a few lucky goals which demonstated that i was communication in my team and that it was effective in the way my team operated. I co operated very well by switching around our goalies when one of my team mates asked if he could replace me, i let him have a turn so we all got to be in the positions we wanted. Very good day 😄. Week Two

Entry 1 This was our second week and I'm slowly getting used to turning up early to class and having our gear ready for our games. After we were all changed we walked over to our fields and started them. Today we started by playing the black team which we always loose against but today was the day we weren't going to loose I called many times for the ball eg "im open boys, im opem, short pass here" i said this loud so that my team mate could hear me clearly.I cooperated by listening to my captain and respecting the gameplan in which he wanted us to play, this meant i was respecting his decision and doing what was best for my team. There were no problems to solve today but i know that if there was an issue i would be able to help solve it by talking to the opposing team captain. Entry 2 We are nearing the end of the week now and our team is getting good with learning names getting great with passing and off course scoring goals and winning games. Today we won three games and lost 1 but hopefully these points help us get up the table. I demonstrated communicating effectively when we were on attack and I called for the ball by yelling out "switch", Matt then lobbed the ball across the field to me and then ran into space to receive the ball again. This showed that when I communicate with my team mates it has a positive effect on the team. I also co-operated with others allot and did not get into any arguments about if one of my team mates were offside. next time we play I will try to demonstrate my interpersonal skills like I did today.

Week Three

Entry 1 week three now and our team is doing well I am showing my inter personal skills very well in my opinion, for example i am saying things like "pass it here Dylan, play wide" "open open" this phase of play ended up by me scoring a crucial winning goal againts black and we finally had our first win againts them. I cooperated with others by ensuring that i was listening and being respectful of my teams decisions, eg when our captain wnated me to play as a defender, i listened and followed his instructions even though i wasnt keen on playing in that position. I solved the problem of a conflict between a bad referee decision in favour of our team. I told the ref that it was not a goal and it should be reversed. Even though this affected our score in a negative way, it was the right decision to make. I felt good about myself and had no hard feelings. Entry 2 We are nearing our last week of soccer now and we are currently last on the points table sadly ahah but algoods our team isn't gunna quit we are going to keep going and try and get better than last today. I got our gear out all ready, set up the goals and set up the our boundaries. Today I cooperated well with my team mates and followed all instructions that were given to me by my coach and capatain, even if i didnt agree i still had the respect to listen and follow their decisions. I solved problems by taking over as a referee for today as our team did not have one. I tried my best to ref the game fairly and not be biased to my team. the class appreciated this and my team were happy that i put my hand up to fulfil this role.

Week Four

Entry 1

I showed supporting and encouraging others today when one of my team mates was feeling down about himself for missing an easy oppertunity to score, he ended up walking away and wanting to not play anymore. I told him that he is a crucial part of the team and that we need him to keep working hard and to try his best as that was good enough. This put a smile on his face and we were not down a player which was a positive on the team

I cooperated with others by aggreeing with the decisions made by the captain to start me in goal as i had a good game in goal last time. I was very happy but i sucked it out and did what was best for the team. We ended up drawing 0-0 which was a good result againts a team that had beated us the session before.

I solved problems when one of the equiptment organisers forgot to bring one of the goal posts out to the playing field, I raced over to mr darkins and asked him if i could run back and get it. This saved a lot of time and i used my inititative and got on with it, even though i didnt really want to as it wasnt my fault. This not just saved time but helped a classmate out as well which i thought was a positive.

Entry 2

I supported and encouraged others in this session when i told my players if they made a good run, or a good tack, for example, well done Matt, great tackle and "Keep the pressure on boys" this really lifed the intentity up of my team and made them work harder to defend our goal. we played better as a unit and it was enjoyable as well.

I cooperated with Matt by helping him defend our goal as defenders. I didnt really want to as i like to be the one shooting at goal but i saw he was on his own and he asked me to help him. we were a player short on defence so i decided to agree to help him out and make him feel better by not doing all of the hard work. Thisa made him play better as he was not worried about being under pressure all the time.

I solved the problem of a dispute between a goal being scored by saying that it" was not a gosl and it went too high" much to the dislike of my own team but it is not fair to claim a goal if it was not one, and it would go againts what i am trying to achieve in this assessment of being responsible and a team player. In the end it didnt matter too much as my team had a comfortable 3-0 win.