Dylan+Thomas

**Dylan'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. Communication effectively 2. Supporting and encouraging others 3. Co-operating with others


 * Week 1 Session 1**

Today was my first session of soccer in class, I have the roll of manager for my team so I make sure I communicate effectively between not only my team but opposition also. Part of this means making sure my team is organised with equipment and game plans etc. I communicate effectively with everyone involved in the game saying this like "good work" or "nice job" depending on how they have done, I try to give everyone positive comments. When Niko went for a kick at goal from right in front of the goal and kicked it way over I made sure I supported and encouraged Niko so I gave him positive feedback telling him better luck next time, later on he scored another one so it made up for it. Even though we lost to team Black that game I made sure played fairly. For co-operation I made sure I shared the ball equally between all team mates. If I had the ball I made sure I passed to a person in space to set up a goal. I also told my team to keep their name calling up. I saw Harry wasn't getting the ball a lot so I passed it to him more. The way I could improve with my interpersonal skills is by encouraging my team more with the good work they do.


 * Week 1 Session 2**

We tired a different warm up before the game in the hope of possibly doing better, considering we are coming 3rd overall we needed to step up our game. I still needed to score my first goal but I sure I was a team player passing the ball to my team. Today we didn't have a lot of players only three in fact and our coach was away at Foosball, so we had to use our initiative and make up our own game plan and warm ups. My team communicated effective to complete this even though we only had so few players. These games I made sure I co-operated effectively by staying in space from the ball on attack, creating heaps of space for my team. I supported my team by always giving people positive feedback. In fact I set up three goal today for my team. Our team calling for the ball had improved even passing back to the defenders like Matt and Harry, this making the game a lot easier to score and create the space needed to succeed. I could improve by doing a better warm up for the team because our overall team was doing better with ball skills and calling.


 * Week 2 Session 1**

In today's lesson, I showed communicating effectively when there was a disagreement with one of the teams with a goal they scored, so I just said to my team we can take that goal no worries. Even then we ended up with the win, cheaters never prosper. I was supporting my team mates as much as possible to keep their heads in the game and win, win, win! My aim as usual is to set up goals. I take this job in most games unless not needed. This is how i co-operate with others in my games, pass the ball to get everyone involved also meaning I probably get the ball the least.


 * Week 2 Session 2**

Calling for the ball plays a big part in the game also meaning you're being a team player. I think communicated effectively in all games in today's session by always calling for the ball. Also playing fair with all teams. I supported all people on both teams in every game trying to make it a friendlier game as possible. If someone was lacking support I made sure I gave it to them no matter what team. Just so they'd stay in the game and play hard a possible. As usual I'm not the person to take all the glory and ball hog as much as possible. I co-operate a lot with my team weather if it passing the ball to a person in space, I make sure I share the ball around with everyone on my team so they stay involved and do not loose interest.


 * Week 3 Session 1**

We had barely any players today but I was hoping my team would put the extra effort. When it came to the games, even though missing players made sure we all played fair and to the rules. There was a few disagreements between the two sides in a game which made the game run a lot slower and personally the statements made by the other team were rubbish and were unneeded. Luckily Harry, our referee closed down these discussions with his opinion on what happened, so the game could carry on. Our team moral wasn't very high after losing and drawing two games so far so we were hungry for win. We needed something to step it up. Rio made this amazing play to get through the whole team himself, which got me going hungry for the ball and I think Levi was feeling the same considering both of us were keeping up and calling for the ball. It came down to their goalie and Rio, a one on one, I sprinted to give Rio an option to duke the goalie so I shouted to him to pass it just so I could pass it back so he could kick it back into the goal therefore duking their goalie. This boosted the team up with that play for the rest of the period, which is really what we needed being short of players. The skill I could've improved on we encouraging others to keep team moral up.


 * Week 3 Session 2**

Today, we had all players here so I was feeling confident that our team would do well in all games after our stats the pass few games. Our second game was against team Black, they were in first position at the moment we already had a win today, we wanted to make that two after this. My goal count was one today and I co-operated because I had also set two up by then. one amazing goal from Rio who basically karate kicked it into the goal and another for Levi, that just sneaked in the side. the game against Black I made sure I stayed in space to make sure there was always an option for my team. I called for the ball from Levi and I kicked it straight through everyone to get it in the goal and congratulated Levi for seeing I was in space to score.

Our team was feeling confident after last time cause we didn't lose a game. We versed team Red first, I saw they were look very excited and pumped so I supported them by saying "c'mon boys you have a chance give a good hard game." And I said to my team "alright guys play hard, play fair!" When it came to the games I communicated effectively by always calling for the ball to create play for the team which worked considering I set up most goals so far. Helping us win the games. This game was tight against Orange. So I said, "Keep your heads in the game boys!" Which seemed to work considering we actually won that game in fact I got a buzzer beater goal to steal the lead. Of course by co-operating I make sure I share the ball as much as possible evenly between the whole the team I never really hog the ball because I'd rather set up goals for everyone else to take the glory.
 * Week 4 Session 1**


 * Week 4 Session 2**

This being the last session, we all knew what we were doing. But because of this we, well most of us understood the rules, meaning there was a lot of disagreements with some teams who were still taking the last session seriously. Between the referees not being able to make a decision on somethings, interrupting the game flow wasting our game time had to be resolved. This meant I played fair and said what I thought had happened so the game would carry on, that is how i communicated effectively. Because of it being the last session there was a lot of mucking around meaning there was more meaningless encouragement about the most silliest things, which made the games more interesting. Even with the mucking around I still made sure everyone was getting involved in the craziness.