September 26th September, 2020
On Saturday, my students and I went to Moroni High School(MHS) field to join the Touch Rugby Competition between all the Junior secondary schools. This time we were working as a team and I felt pride because
being part of a team is something that in everything you do, not only you did
by yourself but with that of the group (students) as a whole.
In the first match, between BTC JSS team and TUC 1 JSS team
(our students) but before the match, I gathered all members of our team to give
them advices. Because this was the first time they experienced this sport, I
could see that they felt nervous, fear, anxiety, shame and so forth. And this
was also going to me, I felt the same feelings but because it is a must to
avoid, I pretended that there I felt so grateful. I told them to be focused and
avoid other emotional feelings. This is because emotional feelings can be
either negatively or positively affect everyone’s “effort, decision making,
memory, behavioral responses, and interpersonal interactions” (Ruiz and Robazza, 2020).
In this first match, we
won because we got two (2) try and BTC JSS team got zero (0) try. So, in the
first match we won and how proud we are of our students. The next following
matches were performed by other junior secondary school teams which are
Animwarao JSS Stdents and Moroni Junior Secondary. After that match, the
winners which are Moroni Junior secondary and TUC 1 Junior secondary performed
another match for finding the winner of this touch rugby. This time, my
students looked so afraid of their opponents but what I did was trying to
encourage them that they can make it. I reminded them of their techniques in
playing this sport. This was the first time that I experienced a heart beating
in which that all I wanted was to make this team win this game. While I was
talking to them, they all listened very carefully. This shows that they have
great heart in playing this game and they really want to win.
For the first time, both of the teams got 1 try, we were draw
in getting a 1 try and this lead the team to find the final try. This means
that in next match, the team that lose to get or break the rule is the winner
of the game and this is more challenging in playing this game. I was happy
because they got 1 try but a big worried is in the next action. Because of
this, I took 5 to 10 second to ask God for giving my team the winner. And,
surprisingly when I opened my eyes, my team were winning this match by getting
a 1 try. Wow! They made it!!. This was the first time I felt so happy because
everything we did during the trains and practices were very useful in which
that they learnt very effective.
To conclude, this experience has given me a very important
message in which that the more you train your students the better skill they
performed. Not just that but also if your students got emotional feeling in
sports then try your best to calm their emotional feelings and encourage them
with the heart so that their feelings can be reduced. This is because feelings
Reference:
Ruiz, M. C., & Robazza,
C. (Eds.). (2020). Feelings in Sport: Theory, Research, and Practical
Implications for Performance and Well-being. Routledge.
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