Tuesday 25 February 2014

Fair play reflection: Touch game.

The team role I was chosen to be is the team trainer. As a trainer it was my responsibility to prepare my team before our game of touch. I accomplished this by beginning with a few passing drills to help improve our passes as passing is a main skill used in touch. Then as a team we created code names for types of drills we used when playing. For example if someone says D1 that's a code for a fake dummy pass and D2 is when a cycle including the dummy person passes it once and that person runs it up and once he/she gets touched that person quickly puts it down for the dummy half to pick up gain a few metres before passing it to the next person and it goes on. This is to catch the opposition offside when the dummy half runs it up fast and passes it out.

One interpersonal skill I signified through out the touch activity was fair play. In order to have an enjoyable fair and square game everyone has to play by the rules which was successful during today's game of touch. Today I discovered some aspects relating to fair play that should always be displayed on the field. One of these aspects is displaying respectful actions towards the person reefing the game. Most games consist of a referee who is in charge of calling the touches, try's, forward passes, penalties etc. But with this duty a lot of disrespectful behaviour follows. Showing respectful behaviour towards the ref is a must. An example for this is to acknowledge the referees decision even if you saw different to what was being played for, arguing back to the ref only puts a bad name to your team.

Another aspect of fair play is to be a good sport to the opposition team. Being a good sport towards the opposition team includes the mos littlest action like for example after a hard long duration of playing to the best of your ability the least you can do is give the opposition a pat on the back and thank them for a good game. It doesn't only benefit that person but you'l also feel a wave of happiness as you know that you developed good sportsmanship.

 Also manifest your dignity by staying in a calm motion whether your team is winning or loosing. This can be progressed by constantly encouraging your players to keep trying or another way to deal with this is to give everyone a goal to meet after each game. Whether your team won or loss the players will be more happy that they accomplished their goal rather than accomplishing a win.

Through out the game of touch I learnt that fair play is an important factor in any sport.

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