I absoulty love the kids over there. They are amazing. I work so hard to keep them busy and as myself. Mostly I worked with the kids on different activities. The many activities I did were dodge ball, whiffle ball, field hockey, swimming, pool, ping pong, etc. This week by far was the best because the kids and I knew each other more than the first week. Playing all these activities gave us more opportunity to get to know each other more.
I was surprised this week by the way the kids loved to hang out with me. They always wanted to beat me in something or challenge me. I love being apart of the kid’s lives and teaching them some things that they may not know. This makes it more interesting for them when they don’t know how to do something and that’s what I feel attracts them to me because I am teaching them new things.
I didn’t expect to not have field hockey as much as last week. I was a little disappointed because I came into the club to do field hockey and teach the kids to play, but I was surprised to find out I could also teach them new things. I loved the fact that I be patient with the kids after only a week. I learned many new things with these kids.
The things I learned were that to be patient, to be a good coach, and to be able to give good encouragement to the kids. I feel that I have learned to hold my tongue when a kid is doing something wrong. As the week went on I became more and more aware of treating the kids with positive encouragement.
I found many surprises and weaknesses during the week. I feel as if I did a great job with teaching the kids many new things and understanding them more both as an athlete and a student. I think that I will learn more as the next week comes. But for the week that past the many activities I did with the kids taught me more to about encouragement and that you don’t only have to teach them a sport to keep them active, but you can help them out with school too.
I hope that next week is as positive as this one.
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