Matthew+Kingi

**Matthew'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) supporting and encouraging others 2) co-operating with others 3) communicating effectively

__WEEK 1__

1) today i supported and encouraged others especially when Hori took a shot and missed. he apologized saying that he should have scored but i didnt mind and encouraged him to have another shot if he got the chance. This would have built up his confidence and would not have deterred him from having another go if he was in a good position to.

2) today before our first game started no one wanted to be goalie. hayden (our coach) said someone needs to do it and he finally asked me to do it. i displayed the i.p skill of co-operating with others by agreeing to play goalie for the day and listening to my captain as he is in charge and has the right to make the decisions on and off the field. This benefited positively to my team as I ended up saving 4 shots on goal and we won a hard fought game 1-0. This gave us 3 very important competition points.

3)today we were losing a game to the red team and we wanted the bonus point. I communicated effectively when t.j was trying to defend the ball except the whistle had already blown. i yelled out and told him to run into Mr Darkins so we would have all our team there to get the bonus point. he heard me, co-operated and we ended up got the bonus point.

1) yesterday i played in goalie. when our team was attacking i gave support and encouragement to my teammates up front and gave them encouragement when they scored. I said things like " Well done Hayden you are playing well and Push left boys, push left" this gave my team clear instructions to follow as I was in a good position to see as the goalie. They listened and our structure was a lot tighter and more harder to get through.

2) while playing a game yesterday we were on defense then got a turnover. i was running up the sideline and several teammates called for the ball. i knew i was running out of space so instead of trying to carry on i passed to mitchell who was in a gap and unmarked. this cooperation was important as I had the chance to be a hog and go on my own but I decided to cooperate and do the right thing for the team and pass the ball.

3) yesterday i demonstrated the i.p of communicating effectively by calling for the ball off adam and scoring a goal. adam had the ball and needed someone to pass to so i called and he passed. i then took a shot at goal and scored. if i didnt call Then he would not have known i was ther and we might not have scored. this was a positive for my team as we ended up only winning the game by 1 goal.

1) today I supported and encouraged others. While playing the red team today our team scored a goal ,which has been hard to come by. I supported and encouraged our whole team by ensuring they were told what they were doing well like great passing boys, and awesome defending lads" which improved our team morale and resulted in us defending pretty good throughout our 3 the games.

2) today I co-operated with others when I was penalised for a hand ball by the opposition referee. I quickly apologised, told him it was an accident and received the penalty. My co-operation resulted in no arguments or fuss and we could quickly get on with the game. I could have easily blown up about it and challenged the decision of the referee but I felt it would have been irresponsible of me as Mr Darkins focused a lot of our behaviour on being socially responsible. I took the decision well and we continued on with the game.

3) today I communicated effectively. I was playing goalie and was about to take a goal kick. Everyone was marked so I communicated to Mitchell to run up the line where I kicked the ball. This resulted in mitchell successfully gaining the ball in open space in the opposition half. This gave the team a good chance to attack and put pressure on our opposition.

__WEEK 2__

__1)__ today i demonstrated the i.p of supporting and encouraging others when t.j was sent in goalie and he didnt want to and thought that he sucked at it. i encouraged him to do it and said id help him in defense. this resulted in a nil all draw with a bonus which meant 3 points.

2) today i co-operated well with my team. we only had 6 players so there was a few times when we had to switch to other positions (that we wouldnt normally play) to compensate. this worked well and we found a few positions that really suited some people that we didnt know about.

3) communicating effectively was key for us today as all teams except for us had 7 players. when i was in goal i communicated effectively to our defenders and mid fielders to come back and help out in defense. this resulted in our team not letting in too much goals, however we still lost a few games but we still did alot better than normal.

1) today I clearly supported and encouraged others when I was playing goalie and josh young from the opposition scored a goal against me. I was disappointed with myself obviously but still encouraged him and congratulated him by acknowledging that it was a brilliant goal. He was thankful and it meant ther was no tension between the two teams.

2) today I co operated with others when the ball was kicked into the creek and I was asked to get it. Normally whoever kicks it in there gets it but I co operated and went and got the ball. This resulted in a quick clean game (And a rather smelly and muddy ball).

3) today I communicated with others wen I had the ball in the middle of the field. I was looking for someone to pass to and realised that no one up front was open so I communicated with hori who was behind me in defence to pass to him. He got the ball and when adam found some space it resulted in him getting the ball.

__WEEK 3__

1) today I supported and encouraged my team when we were losing because we only had 4 players.when the green team scored a goal I supported t.j who was in goal and encouraged him to keep trying. we played hard but unfortunately we lost all of our games. Staying positive still helped us and gave us a chance of getting points.

2) today I co-operated with others by passing the ball around a lot to all my team mates and not just selecting our best players all the time. This meant that the other team had a lot less possetion which restricted their ability to score goals.this helped a lot as we were a small team today and missing 2 of our players.

3) today I communicated effectively with Adam when I saw an opposition player run into a gap by the goal. I called to Adam. Who heard me and marked the the player who then could not get the ball.this resulted in no goal being scored.

1)today I supported and encouraged hori when he made the decision to hav a shot at goal instead of passing. I. Supported his decision and said that it was what I would have done too.this resulted in hori apologizing and thinking next time he had the ball.

2) today I co-operated well with my team by listening and co-operating with my coach Hayden. He asked me to play in goal so I said yes and went in goal. This resulted in no arguments and the team didn't have to worry about who was going to play goalie so we could get on with the game.

3) I communicated effectively today by calling to a player that I was about to pass to as I was running up the sideline.this allowed me to pass to him which meant he could have a shot at goal.

__WEEK 4__

1) today I supported and encouraged Hayden wen he scored a goal. He gained the ball way back in defence mustered up a bit of individual brilliance to make it all the way to the opposition goal and score!. I told him he did great and it resulted in him trying it again a few times which didn't get us a goal but gained a lot of possession.

2) today I co operated with my team well. we had just lost the ball and someone yelled for a defender to drop bak. I wasn't playing in defence however I noticed no one was dropping back so I did. This resulted in the opposition losing the ball without scoring a goal.

3) I communicated effectively wen I called to Mitchell before taking a goal kick in the last game. He was marked however I told him to run into space and I passed to him. The pass was successful and It resulted in a lot of territory gained.

1) today I supported and encouraged my team when we scored a goal. the goal put us in the lead so I thanked and congratulated the boys who scored and set it up. This resulted in a very handy win for the black team!. This also built our overall team moral and confidence level which was beneficial to us working well together.

2)today I co operated with others wen I took a shot at goal and it was undecided wether or not it was too high or not. I personally thought it was in but the other team wanted to just call it a goal kick. I would have liked a goal but considering that we wer actually already leading I decided to just let them take a goal kick. This was good because it resulted in a smoother game without any arguments or large stoppages.

3) I communicated effectively today with lyric when he called to me to run in for the bonus point. I communicated with him and said that it's ok because I'm collecting a ball so u guys can still get it. He understood and ended up running in but unfortunately just missed out on the bonus point, however it did inform him about a ruling he previously did not know of. (P.s this was a lesson with a reliever)