In today’s session, we worked on playing offensive tennis in our doubles teams. We also played a game, where we could not step outside the boundaries of the court as we needed to work on moving forward, and avoid standing in the middle of the court. After that, we just put our skills to use, playing a set against another doubles pair.
Learning Outcomes – LO2 and LO5
In today’s training session, we had worked on our doubles play, and turning our volleys from defensive too offensive shots. I also tried to avoid swinging at my volleys, and just push them away to finish the point. I also tried to avoid hitting winners all the time. For doubles, I worked on my positioning on the court and different strategies with my partner.
Learning Outcomes – LO2 and LO5
Today’s running hour session was a very fun one. I was paired up with a 19-year-old named Ethan, who was mentally challenged, and another buddy called Edwin. In today’s session, I had run all the way from Kallang wave mall to marina barrage and back, totally running 9km. This helped me work towards my goal of helping challenged people in Singapore while trying to improve my stamina. This session was very challenging, but in the end also very rewarding.
Learning Outcomes – LO2 and LO5
During today’s MUN session, we had started the real part of MUN. This included creating speeches on the spot, with a time constraint, working on speaking in the third person, and speaking in front of a crowd. I had chosen to do MUN because I wanted to experience this activity, and improve my public speaking skills. So today’s session allowed me to work on that.
Learning Outcomes Achieved – LO 1 and LO 2
Today in class, we were learning about the effects of EQ and IQ. I think that IQ and EQ are both equally important because both of them are dependent on each other and both also go hand in hand. I think that I am emotionally intelligent because I am not easy to offend, I get enough sleep etc. I could go on about what I think, but when looking at the spectrum, I think I fit in between the top and middle.
Today was our second MUN meeting. In this session, we went through all the basic terms and concepts that need to be used during a conference, and how a conference works. Our leaders explained the different roles of students during a conference, and how we had to try to be as formal as possible since we were trying to simulate an actual UN conference. I think my biggest take away from today’s session was how I need to be as formal as possible and speak in the third person.
Today, during tennis training, we had split into two groups, to work on two various different skills. I was in the group that focused on refining their volleys. I had worked on trying to get the right grip for my volleys, so I could switch between my forehand and backhand volleys without changing my grip. I had also worked on my follow-through while hitting a volley and trying to avoid swinging my racquet at the net.
Today was my first running hour session. It was a very fun one, as I got to interact with visually, mentally, and physically challenged people of Singapore. An added bonus was I got to do it through something I loved which was sports and being active.
Learning Outcomes Achieved: 4 and 5
I got collaborate with the challenged people and enjoyed a conversation during our light jog.
Today, was the first official school held training session for the pre-season tennis team. At the start of the training session, we just completed our dynamic and static stretches to loosen our body, then moved on to mini tennis. Mini tennis was the slang for warm-up in tennis as it was where we found our groove and rhythm.
After mini tennis, we had split up into three different groups. I had decided that I wanted to take part in some drills. The drills were focused on turning the defensive play into offensive play. During this exercise, we had to hit the ball back, deep into the opponent’s court. For my backhand, in particular, I learnt that I needed to turn my body more, and use my legs, and not just my arm, as I would be able to gain more topspin on the ball enabling it to travel higher. After the drills, I had headed on to play some games against my teammates.
Here is the link to the folder containing all of my work.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nrKywQacW-oeTZk-bmMlQ-7NOCjSRzuJ?usp=sharing