Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Football Match: Teachers vs. Students

The youth of the students defeated the experience of the teachers 11-6 this lunch time.

I decided to organise this event since the year 13s were soon going to leave to prepare for the exams and the school wouldn't be able to see them play anymore. I made sure that I informed the people that would be involved of this event so that they would turn up today at 1.30 in the gym for this event. I selected a referee who did his job very well during the game. I made sure to inform him of what the rules were and the duration of the halves so that the game would run as smoothly as possible. I made posters which I put around the school and in people's register, however, I think I could have improved in doing so since I decided to do this the day of the event so I wasn't sure that everyone would know about it and that is why I took the initiative of going around every form group informing them personally of this event so that there would be a maximum turnout. This proved to be very effective since the support we had during the game was fantastic. The atmosphere there was, in my view, was very motivational which is one of the reasons I scored 9 out of the 11 goals our team scored.

I think that I was well-organised since I made sure to check if everyone that was selected to play would come and if not I had a suitable substitute. This proved to be needed since neither Stefan or Mark came but luckily I had a reserve goalkeeper I had warned in the morning and Daniel which would replace Stefan. However, there was a unforeseen problem. Andy had to leave because of some exams and I think I should have been more informed since we ended up playing a 4 aside game rather than a 5 aside which proved to be very tiring since we had no substitutes. So next time I will make sure I have some so that our team doesn't get so tired and our performance will be at a higher level.

On a personal level, I think I played well since my positioning was good though at times when I felt tired I didn't position myself in a helpful way. My dribbling was excellent since I was able to score several goals after dribbling some opponents and I only messed up a dribble once. To prevent this from happening I think I should be more aware of my surroundings so that I don't do any unnecessary dribbling and that I know that if I do dribble one player, there won't be a second one close by to take the ball from me. My passing was very accurate though at times I felt it was somewhat sloppy even though it reached its intended target.

Today's game also showed me at what level my fitness was since I found myself very tired during these 15 minute halves so I will try to use the elliptical machine more often to increase my stamina so that when an event such as this one happens again, I will be able to endure more.

I shall use this analysis to improve for tomorrow's games so that I can be as effective as possible as a player and that I don't reproduce the same mistakes as I did today. 

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