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Link to video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euFsA4eIhSc

Week 13 - Never Forget

This was the last week we were going to be graced by Mr Brigstock's presence since he is leaving us at the end of the term unfortunately and I think that is going to be a great handicap for our team since he was a great player who week in and week out tried his best and kept us motivated and on our feet. To make him proud, we tried to get him the most opportunities in front of goal considering it is his last chance to catch up to me on the score board.

I think I played well considering I always tried to look up for a pass and not just run head down which made our play more fluid and that is why we won most of our matches. I played very unselfishly and sometimes a bit too unselfish since instead of always trying to go for goal I tried to pass it to someone else who may be better positioned than me. However, I did manage to score over 10 goals and I think I am slowly catching up to Stefan since I have passed a total of 100 goals in 13 weeks which is a personal record for me since for the 2 years I have been here I was never able to achieve such a target. My dribbling was satisfactory, I didn't try to dribble so much considering it was Mr Brigstock's last day on the team so I always tried to play more collectively, however, I did try to dribble with the ball several times when there wasn't many options for a pass and I was successful in doing so.

This was the last week before the end of term and I will try to stay fit till the next Thursday after school football in order to keep my goal per week ratio at about 10 and to be able to help my team better.

Week 12 - Anger Management Issues

On a collective side, our team played extremely well since we communicated well considering we had Mr Gray on our team this week and he is a great communicator and we always played unselfishly. However, personally, I let myself down not only because of my shooting but because sometimes I lost the ball needlessly. However, my dribbling was the best it has been and my stamina has improved since I ran back to defend and then advanced for a counter attack several times. I scored several goals, though I don't remember the exact amount, because I was always trying to find space and get the ball in order to score or create a chance for others to score.

Next week, I will try to be more focused since I did a couple of stupid mistakes and I need to stop shooting and praying but rather try to put more accuracy on my shots so I can score more and get my team more points. I am aiming to score 10 goals next week and have at least 5 assists. Another aim for me is to try and dribble Stefan more often rather than just passing it if I get the opportunity to since this would be a new challenge for me and since he is a good player this would put my skill to the testing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNMxR6F7qmA&feature=youtu.be

L'Expert en Français

An IB student needed my help for his work i.e. he needed me to check for mistakes and show him where he went wrong in order to correct it. I made sure to take my time in checking for mistakes in order for him to get the best feed back possible and see where he went wrong so that next time he can do it with fewer mistakes. I made sure to read over the text several times over to make sure I didn't miss anything out so that I would be as efficient as possible. This was something new for me since it has been a long while since people have asked me to check for any mistakes in their work so they can work on it.

Next time, I think I should maybe put a short explanation of why I checked what I did so that they understand their mistakes better and that will reduce the changes of such things occurring again. 

VIP Meeting

Today, the two groups whose mission statements were selected met up in order to create one final mission statement which would represent the whole school and be posted on the website for potential student's parents to notice and possibly influence to come to this school. 

I did my best to contribute to the ideas and pointed out certain things which needed to be done in order for this task to be done well. In my opinion, I think we didn't discuss enough as a group and we didn't mount to the level of skill we normally do probably because communication was a barrier for us.

Tomorrow, we are supposed to have a second meeting where we will have hopefully finished writing it and I will try to keep up my involvement in the group so that my ideas are taken into consideration and that the communication barrier will be broken down so that we get as many opinions as possible to increase the quality of the final product. Hopefully we will be able to assemble a desired mission statement to represent the whole school.

First try … Not bad

Today, I went to Friday football in order for me to improve my skill and keep fit so that my stamina will increase for Thursdays which will hopefully boost my performance as well as contribute to our team's victory. 

I think that I could have been more determined since I didn't fully take it seriously considering I didn't expect it to be as competitive as yesterday and I think that limited my capability of learning and improving myself. However, considering I was one of the better players attending, I didn't keep the ball to myself too long but rather passed it to other people to make the experience more pleasurable for everyone since no one likes one person keeping the ball to themselves. 

My shot accuracy could have been better and the technique I applied for them needs improving since I am mostly trying to kick it hard with some direction whereas I should sacrifice some of the power for more accuracy since that is how I will be able to score goals.

It has been a long time since I haven't played football just to relax and I think I will continue attending football on Fridays since it is a good way to enjoy myself without being under pressure in any way and that is the best way of improving. 

Week 11 - Just Can't Lose

Personally, I think my passing was a little sloppy at times and sometimes my dribbling could have been better since I lost the ball occasionally but that was only rarely. The rest of the time I moved around well on and off the ball in order to create shots on goal and that is why this week I scored more than Stefan. I think I was able to score at least 10 and get a couple of assists since I looked up to see if someone was better positioned than me for a shot which created a united atmosphere on our team. 

Not only was I good offensively but I did my part defensively as well since I made sure to help my team out in defence when they needed me to and I stayed back a couple of times to let my other team mates have a go at goal.

I think that I should be more careful with my passing next week and maybe try to only dribble when I really need to so that I don't risk losing the ball unnecessarily. I hope to score at least 8 next week including a hat trick in a game since for the past few weeks I have scored a couple, and to have at least 5 assists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Snq3VjxzVkk&feature=youtu.be

"It is an honour to be here today"

After being told that our group was one of the two to be selected to create a mission statement for this school, we were told to write a speech to present in front of several people after having received our well-earned rewards.

This was a whole new challenge for me since this is going to be the first speech I create to read myself in front of people in an actual ceremony. I tried my best to make the speech sound elegant, formal and emotional in order to appeal to the audience I will have to face and include thanks to certain people which contributed to our road to success. I think we should have worked as a group more in order to get more ideas into our speech to reflect the fact we all won.

If I have to do this again sometime I think I would spend more time on the speech and make a plan before writing things down so that I know exactly what I am going to do rather than improvise whilst writing which may lower the quality of the content.

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Link to the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOKJv3DuFaI

Week 10 - Child's Play

I played very well this week since I always looked up to see if there was a pass that could be made and I constantly moved around to create space and also so that I could find a pass when I was on the ball. My passing was always accurate and my dribbling was pretty good even though I messed up once or twice but kept control of the ball. I did well to go defend when my team needed me to but I mostly played an offensive role since that is my best position currently.

We played exceptionally well as a team since we were always passing it around and supporting each other which is the main reason why we did so well this week. 

Next week, I hope to score about 8 goals which is raising the bar for myself since I am used to setting myself 7 goals but ever since today's performance where I think I scored about 9 or 10 goals, I think I can keep this up along with my assists so my aim is to get at least 5 assists. I hope to try dribbling with the ball a bit more since I need to develop my confidence and skill.

Video will be uploaded tomorrow.