In this second reflection, I will be reflecting on the progress I have made on the goals I set for myself during the start of the sports season. It has been 3 months since the volleyball season has started and due to the unusual situation going on with the coronavirus, it has been very difficult to perform well during training due to the various restrictions. My goal is to become the captain of the volleyball team for our next year’s season. I was very fortunate as an opportunity came up in which I was offered along with some of my teammates the chance to coach the middle school boys team. However, a big challenge was that the middle school team trains from 6:30-7:30 in the morning on Thursdays. This is especially problematic as I have a local service from 6:30-8:30 in the night. This means that I would be in school for 14 hours!!

I had to get around this challenge by learning how to organize myself so that I could make the most use of the time I had on Thursdays. The first step I took was to organize all my bags and clothes from the night before so that I could wake up at a later time which would let me have more sleep. I also had to be very efficient in the morning as I had to do my yoga workout, eat my breakfast shower, and get ready all in the span of 30 minutes. I have to get to school by 6:15 to help set up the nets so that the middle schoolers would have longer to train. I think that this experience has taught me a lot of useful skills such as how to planning training sessions, leading people directly, and being able to communicate effectively, which is especially challenging as middle schoolers have a very low attention span.

I think that this will help me in achieving my goal to obtain a leadership position in my team as I can transfer many of the skills from my experiences coaching to help lead my current team like managing drills and, coaching new players who might want to join our team.

Another goal I want to adopt is to work more collaboratively with my peers in the SEASAC team so that we can help provide a better experience for the middle schoolers. Our current roster is made up of mainly grade 11s which means that once we graduate, our team will not have any players to represent us. This is why it is essential that we do a good job with coaching the middle schoolers as they will be the next generation of players that will play for our school.