LO4 – Commitment
- How did I show my perseverance, resilience, and commitment in this activity?
- How did I maintain my motivation for this activity?
- How did I help others or how did others help me to stay committed to this activity?
Throughout the season, I was consistently committed to both training sessions and games, because I wanted my team to be successful and I wanted to learn and improve and to prove to myself and everybody that touch rugby is something that I am passionate about and something that I want to strive in. I think that this goal helped me to maintain my motivation for this activity and to keep supporting my team players. After games that we lost, we made sure that we would work on our skills during training in order to be more successful in the future. I believe that this drive is what helped us to ultimately come together as a team and play well together, knowing each of our strengths and weaknesses. I think that as a team, we all wanted to have success so this helped us to stay motivated and committed to achieving this goal and improving our general skills. For some of the team, their experience with touch rugby was minimal, so it was important that we were committed to training, in order to support each other and work as a team on the field.
LO1 – Awareness
- What previous experience have I had with an activity like this?
I have been playing touch rugby since I was around 11 years old, so I have been playing in multiple teams during middle and high school. I also participate in an outside club, so I have been able to expose myself to similar team experiences. Although I was not the team captain, I was able to give advice to the other players, as I was the oldest on the team and had years of experience. As a result, I enjoyed playing this season as I also had chances to play in the A-team in certain tournaments, where I was more challenged and I could learn more from the older players.
- What am I good at? What are my strengths?
In some circumstances, I find myself being a natural leader as I enjoy helping others improve their skills. Since I have been playing this sport for a while, I tend to know the game well and which moves work, so I was able to coach the others as well. I also find that some of my other strengths include learning from my past experiences. Especially in touch rugby, I acknowledge areas where I can improve and advice I have received, and I tend to implement this constantly and also inform others to help them improve.
- Have I improved and in what areas?
Throughout this season something that I have definitely improved in, is my communication and collaboration. I feel that I have become more patient and in general better at listening to others and cooperating consistently in order to be successful in our games.
- What have I struggled in some areas?
Since I was hoping to make the A team, I was initially discouraged when I was playing with the B team because I felt that I had worked really hard to earn a place in the top team. Consequently, I was not as motivated to play and put effort in. However, I became more comfortable in my team as I was able to both learn and collaborate with others, especially from our coach who is a very experienced touch player. I think that something significant I learned from this experience was that it is important to put your all into every experience because I know that I have a passion for this sport, so I must use this to help myself and others grow in this area.