Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Independent Study 1
For my first Independent study I logged the hours that I played with my travel team, California Mirage Elite. I logged hours for a few weeks including practices and tournaments. I turned in a log signed by my coach that had 41.5 hours of softball in em, with detail games and practices.
LIA
L- I played softball. I practiced with my team, on the field and in the batting cages, we also condition together. I played in 3 tournaments the weeks i logged. They were the last tournaments y team had before going 'dark' for the HS season. I turned a hard copy of the log in to my house teacher for approval, it was signed daily by my coach.
I- You learn something when you do it and playing softball i learn something new everyday. Practicing with my team and just talking to them helps us learn more about each other as a team and coaches teach you something all the time. Even if its a repetitive practice and you know how to do it the repetition may teach you new things, how to do something faster or how long you can work until you get tired.
A- Playing the sport helps me learn more about the sport, even though I've been playing for a number of years I'm still learning new things from my teammates and coaches.
LIA
L- I played softball. I practiced with my team, on the field and in the batting cages, we also condition together. I played in 3 tournaments the weeks i logged. They were the last tournaments y team had before going 'dark' for the HS season. I turned a hard copy of the log in to my house teacher for approval, it was signed daily by my coach.
I- You learn something when you do it and playing softball i learn something new everyday. Practicing with my team and just talking to them helps us learn more about each other as a team and coaches teach you something all the time. Even if its a repetitive practice and you know how to do it the repetition may teach you new things, how to do something faster or how long you can work until you get tired.
A- Playing the sport helps me learn more about the sport, even though I've been playing for a number of years I'm still learning new things from my teammates and coaches.
Independent Study 2
What are you doing?
For my second independent task I am helping coach a local 8U softball team and working with pitchers from the league as an individual coaching.
How will you verify it?
How will you verify it?
I will have one of the other coaches or manager of the team that I am working with sign off on my participation with the team. With girls that are pitching I will have parents of the daughters I am working with sign off on practices.
How does it relate to answering your EQ?
How does it relate to answering your EQ?
Coaching young girls helps with my EQ because this is what my EQ asks, 'influencing youth athletes to play softball', and coaching them shows me how they act when they play and how they respond to different coaches attitudes and teaching techniques.
Interviews
Interveiw 1- Who are you going to interview? Why?
Brian S. or Milo C. Brian is and umpire and used to coach a lot of younger teams.
Milo has been with softball for a long time and has couched from t-ball 16U teams.
What other questions are you going to ask your interviewee?
Going off what they know about softball I'll ask them how long they've been with part of softball, what got them into it, why do they still do what they do, do they get anything out of it, what do they think about coaching younger girls, how to approach different age groups.
Brian S. or Milo C. Brian is and umpire and used to coach a lot of younger teams.
Milo has been with softball for a long time and has couched from t-ball 16U teams.
What other questions are you going to ask your interviewee?
Going off what they know about softball I'll ask them how long they've been with part of softball, what got them into it, why do they still do what they do, do they get anything out of it, what do they think about coaching younger girls, how to approach different age groups.
Topic Choice
My topic: Softball Coaching/Umpiring
Why I chose my topic: Softball is my life, it's my passion and my favorite sport. I love to even just watch the game which is why I started umpiring which is another topic choice in mind.
What I want to accomplish: I want to be a better softball player and gain more knowledge about the game. Hopefully this will help me work more and even harder, which may help me get a scholarship. (I want to play college ball)
Why I chose my topic: Softball is my life, it's my passion and my favorite sport. I love to even just watch the game which is why I started umpiring which is another topic choice in mind.
What I want to accomplish: I want to be a better softball player and gain more knowledge about the game. Hopefully this will help me work more and even harder, which may help me get a scholarship. (I want to play college ball)
Service Learning
Place: Mt. Sac Athletics (softball field)
What work am I doing? -I have been attending practices and assisting the coaches through practices, I have gone to a couple games/scrimmages and watched the game and observed the coaching part of it a little more.
Best thing I've learned so far: instill confidence in your players
What work am I doing? -I have been attending practices and assisting the coaches through practices, I have gone to a couple games/scrimmages and watched the game and observed the coaching part of it a little more.
Best thing I've learned so far: instill confidence in your players
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