Blog 19

We were given an assignment this week to participate and observe in an event of our choice then were supposed to write about it in our blog posts this week. I chose to write mine about my soccer game last night at 5.30. (Reason for being so late)

Usually I do not sit on the bench while playing soccer, but I was injured this week so I got to play a little and sit on the bench as well. When I play soccer usually I am focused on what I am supposed to be doing and do not worry a whole lot on what the fans, officials, and coach’s are saying.

The person who I was most surprised with was while observing the game was my coach! I usually just try to tune other people out, besides my teammates while playing so it was really interesting to sit back and listen to Dante talk (yell) about what we are supposed to be doing and where we are supposed to be on the field. It was interesting to watch his facial expressions as well. When he got really upset he would start talking in Spanish as well, which was something that I never have noticed before!

Another thing I noticed when watching the game was how some of the players on the team really worked well together and how some did not gel quite as well. Some of the girls were really good at communicating with each other, which ended up in some really good goals; which did lead to a win! It wasn’t as if the other girls did not play bad, just they didn’t seem to have the same chemistry as the other girls.

Overall I thought that it was a really interesting assignment and it was really cool to sit back and notice things that I didn’t realize were happening before. I think that it was also benefit my game play now that I have done that as well, to see how the girls play and how our coach talks to us; it will only help my game out in the long run! So thanks Dr. Greco!

Cheers!