Liam+Manaton

**Liam'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 with others effectively. 2-Encouraging and supporting others. 3-Including other team mates.

__Week 1__ __Tuesday 11th March.__

__1__: Today we were short of players as Taz was competing in a Futsal tournament, therefore we were short of players. I was given the roll as #|captain for the blue team, being captain i discussed with my team positions and tactics. One incident we had was that Baylie was accused offside when he scored, Taz was our ref, since he was not there I stepped up as captain and made the decision to announce that Baylie was indeed offside, therefore handing red a free kick. This kept the #|game going, in the end we lost 1 nil, but we were just happy that we made the right decision with the offside incident. Next time i will encourage my team mates to just be honest and #|negotiate with the other teams ref so it allows them to step up.

2: Being Captain of my team, I always try my best to encourage and support my team mates and also the opposition. Some boys don't like soccer so I always encourage them to get stuck in and try their best, doing this most boys now enjoy playing soccer for p.e and get really stuck in to it which is fantastic to see.

3: Leading the team as Captain, i always try to include all the boys in my team, this just makes the #|game more enjoyable for every one, even if we lose we know that every one had a good go and enjoyed it.Some boys don't like the sport "soccer" so my goal is to include boys and just encourage them to get stuck in. Succeeding to do this, I some times #|play centre back and just off load the ball to my fellow team mates so they have the chance to do what they love doing...score. Next lesion I will include more of the boys who don't really enjoy soccer and get them involved.

__Week 1__ __Wednesday 12th March.__

1:Today we played Red in a game]], one of Reds players got #|hit in the face and did not carry on. Instead of carrying on and try to score for ourself s, I decided to #|stop the #|play, make sure their #|player was good to carry on, then gave them a free kick because of it. This meant no arguments between neither teams and kept the game flowing.

2: Today's game against our opponents black, i decided to go goalie which meant i produced balls for my team mates to run on to or allow them to dribble it them self. This gave them great confidence and i believe is making our players get better at soccer. Next time I will maybe push up with them in support to give them even greater confidence.

3: In today's lesion, I talked with my fellow team mates and decided to go striker. This meant others had to defend and keep on their feet. When i attacked my team mates did a fantastic job and giving me support and options, but I didn't pass it, we didn't score many goals that day and i #|felt that it was myself that let the team down. Next time I attack I will defiantly get others involved and include them.

__Week 1__ __Friday 14th March__

1: Today I felt like my team did awesome, we never lost a game and we communicated very well. This just goes to show that even something simple as talking can change a game completely. I kept encouraging my team to talk and keep positive and we did and come out with outstanding results! We will defiantly do the same next time.

2: The games we had today, I defended in and encouraged the boys to attack, pass and score as a team. When they did this we scored lots of goal!! But in one situation Kade missed a shot on goal, I just said to him in a n ice manner " Unlucky Kade, next time for sure" doing this Kade scored not long after which made him really happy and kept his confidence up!

3: When we had our full team today, I made sure i talked to my team and put them in the position in which they wanted to play. I believe that this kept every one happy and we all played well. When i include others we all get into it, it also gets the boys including others to, this just shows that doing lots of one thing e.g including others, it gets the other team mates doing the same. This keeps the team going and gives us the points we need and want.

__week 2__ __Tuesday 18th March__

1:Today was a good and positive outcome for team blue. The worst result was 2 draws. The reason why we did better then other days is because we all played as one and talked all the time to each other. I tried my best in the tougher games to talk and and create chances for others to get the best possible outcome which was 3 points. When a team talks and communicates with each other, that is how you get good results. We were all calling out man on, run with it etc. This made each of us better players in our team.

2:In our 3 games today, I encouraged all my team mates, this is good and gives the boys confidence hearing it from the captain. I'm not the only one who encourages and supports, many times i missed a shot or pass and all my team mates were supporting me which was excellent to hear! One example was when i went on a run and took a shot but missed, instead of yelling or putting me down my team supported me and were saying 'unlucky Liam next time' etc.

3: To include others today, I kept passing it which including the team and got the whole playing well. When we passed the ball well and included everyone, we created so many chances. An example was when I passed to Taz and he passed to Taxhae which he only just missed a shot. In the space of 5 seconds and 2 passes, we almost got a goal. Next game I believe we can create so many chances. When one person passes the ball and includes other and encourages the other boys, it gets the team mates doing the same which has a good impact on the team and gels us well to create chances and score. In most of our games, team blue have lots of possession with the ball which is good! Having lots of possession creates score chances.

__week 2__ __Thursdsay 20th March__

1: In the round robin today, we never lost a game, we drew and won them all. This is the second time we havent lost a game in the same day, this is good to see and shows our communication skills. The amount of talk that comes out of the boys is brilliant! This just goes to show how much we have improved from the first day. For example, start of the soccer programme i would take a shot and miss, and no one spoke or said anything. but today I took a shot and just missed, and all the boys supported me and just kept in communication with me which was good.

2: The boys in team blue support and encourage each other really well now. This gives the boys confidence which makes the team better as one. Today Kade was mid-field and the only one too, he did an awesome job, he stayed back at times and attacked, Kade is a good distributor with the ball. I kept encouraging kade to keep doing what hes doing which he did and we got the good results.

3: All the boys were included today which was good. We kept rotating positions which kept things fresh. Although I did feel bad because I did not swap with the goalie at all, i regret doing this because the goalie may have wanted to play on the field. Next time I will defiantly suggest to the keeper if he wants to switch ,

__week 3__ __Wednesday 26th March__

__1:__ Today was we didn't do as well as we have over the last few games, we didn't manage to win a game at all. As captain i do believe we are not communicating as much as we use to, but we can only improve from this point. Once we get back to our usual we will do better i believe, On days like today even i did not communicate very well. This just means that next time i will be trying my best to produce the comments and communication during the games.

2: In team blue we all support each other, every time some one does a good run or shot were always there to support and encourage them. This goes to show how far we have gone forward since the first game. When we didnt win a game today, before each game we always encourage the team to say ' this game is ours to win' etc.

3: In our lesions that we play, i always try my best to get every person involved. I defend so i can give the other boys a chance to go up and score and get involved also to enjoy the game. Its not only me who gets every body involved, all my team mates do exactly the same which is just awesome to see and be apart of. When we lose a game, most times we have the most possession of the ball which is good! it shows that we pass it lots and get every body involved.

__week 3__ __Thursday 27th March.__

__1:__ The communication the team did today was good. We played some nice set plays at times. Every time we want the ball we call, when we want to do a 1 2 we call it. This is just easier on the team to move around the field more. Today we passed the ball well and the out come was a well taken shot by Taz which made the game a draw.

2: The games today was better then on wednesday, we supported and encouraged each other alot. When Taz scored his goal i kept telling him to shoot him self and he chose to do so and scored himself a good goal. when ever one of a blue player makes a mistake we always encourage them to keep their head up and stay confident.

3: To include the team today, we played some really good soccer. We passed very good against green and they were the team in form for the last few lesions. When we passed it and included others, we kept possession and frustrated the opposition.

__week 2__ __unknown date.__ __1:__ In the game I show communicating effectively by always asking for the ball and calling man on etc. For example, Kade had the ball so i asked for it, as i received it I called to Baylie for a through ball. This produced a good play and we almost scored. When ever there is a handball call, instead of debating over it I try to give the other team benefit of the doubt and give them the free kick. This is so the game keeps going and we get more game time.

2:Showing my skills in encouraging and supporting others I always keep talking to my team mates and try to keep it positive. But when I do it, my team mates do the exact same which is good to hear and see.When me and Taz were defending, I encouraged him to attack. When he decided to and recieved the ball, he took a shot and scored. I supported him saying it was a good idea and nice shot. Even just a little bit of talking can score goals.

3: when participating in the round robin for soccer, I try my best to include others around me. In each position I play in, I try to keep passing it around to include others. When we played green whom had won all their games, Blue kept the ball 80% of the time and this was because of the passing we were all doing as a team.

__week 4__ __1st April__ 1: we still managed to play rather well even as we were one player short. We were unlucky though as we lost to reds in the last minute from a well placed goal by Ben. The team is starting to communicate very good. we talk alot between ourselves which is excellent!! Today I kept communicating with Tahxae as we were both switching position in goal keeper. This was because Tahxae and I both were involved on the field up front and in goal, this also allowed our other team members to play a full round of games on the field. Next time I believe we should keep doing this as it worked in fair and gave us all a break at times.

2:The skills in supporting and encouraging are crucial in the sport, keeping our heads up even when stuff go bad is always a big help in the game. When we lost against Red in the last minute, i encouraged the boys to keep their head up as it was an unlucky goal and my fault for the goal to. The next game, instead of being down and sad, we were still in high hopes and played excellent too.

3: To include other people i always play a position were i know i can pass the ball a lot to involve the team. Although sometimes as captain i tell players that i will have a go as striker for one game seeming as i play defence a lot. This is good though because it gets every one playing in different positions. This also gives every one a chance to know what you have to do in each role on the field and how to include others in the game.

__week 4__ __2nd april__ __1:__ this is our last week of the standard for soccer, we were giving it our best as it was the last week. Team blue talked well and supported each other in a lot of ways. In the round robin today, we communicated effectively when passing the ball. By achieving this we set up some good plays but were unlucky to have scored of some of them. On one occasion i had the ball but didn't have my head up, and my team were yelling 'shoot' because the goalie was out of position, so trusting them I had a shot at goal and scored, if my team didn't communicate I would have not known and we wouldn't have scored.

2: Supporting others is a big part in the games, if we do not support one another then we all put our heads down and don't perform well. When kade missed a goal opportunity, all of team blue supported him well, by saying 'unlucky next time mate' etc. After doing this Kade went on to score shortly after. This just goes to show that it does pay off to support one another and encourage the team.

3: Today I went goalie for most of the games, this was so the team could enjoy their last sessions on soccer. The team played well with each other this week and are starting to include others. This is good to see from the back because everyone gets stuck in and participates in the sport. The team blue really do play well together and you can see the improvement since the start.