Initial
I tried out for football once again this year and played with the goal of being more confident on the ball. I think that I had lost a lot of confidence last season, having poor performances in the B team. I think my tryouts were not the best but enough to make the A team. I felt that my performance was still lacking, however. My next goal for this season is making the SEASAC team and also playing with some more confidence.
The main objective that I hope to achieve is a high level of stamina to last a whole game of top-level performance. I plan to go to the gym regularly to train my stamina and also build my physicality as I know the U19 teams I will be competing with will be difficult.
Reflection
To address the objectives that I planned to achieve in my initial reflection, I think that I tried to achieve them to my best ability. I think I started to regain my confidence after the first fixture where I came on as the sub after 10-20 minutes and played for the rest of the game. I could notice that my stamina had improved as I did not feel as tired as I would’ve been last year. With this improved stamina, I was able to keep my mind straight and play with much more thought compared to last year where my fatigue would blur my mind and I would be running around without thought. Unfortunately, I got a foot injury during training and I missed a lot of fixtures due to this. Also due to this injury, I was not able to go to the gym as regularly as I did and my stamina dropped significantly. After 2-3 weeks I returned to training and I felt my performance was very weak and in the first fixture after recovery I was benched for most of the game, coming on in the last few minutes. I felt that my performance started to get worse after my recovery and I, unfortunately, could not make the SEASAC team.
One thing that I can take away from this football season is that I have a rather weak mentality. If I start to gain a bit of confidence, I think that I can gain a lot of momentum from it, but if I face a difficulty (like an injury or a bad performance) I drop instantly and struggle to develop my confidence again. I think that I need to learn to forget about the negatives and always keep a positive mentality so that those small difficulties do not hinder my performance.
LO1 – Identifying your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth |
LO2 – Demonstrate that you have undertaken, developing new skills in the process |
LO4 – Show commitment to and perseverance in you CAS experiences |