May 8, 2014-Ultimate

On May 8 because the Aim Games were going on, all of the classes spent the gym block outside and we had a choice to participate in three different activities. The option for this choice day were baseball, ultimate or soccer. I chose to do ultimate, primarily because I wanted to see how my participation has changed from the last time I played it. While playing ultimate this time I was able to pass and receive the frisbee more often and make more contributions to the team. Participating more in the game this time made ultimate more of an enjoyable sport and allowed me to have more fun. Whenever one of my team members had the frisbee I ran to an open space where they were able to pass it to me. My participation was definitely maximized during this choice day which increased my confidence and made myself very proud of my efforts. I noticed that I was more outgoing this time and I was way more willing to get the frisbee than last time. When you are playing a sport with other teenagers, not everything will turn out perfectly, and so there were some aspects of the game that didn't help it to become more fun. For instance, I didn't really like it when someone from one side of the playing field, threw the frisbee all the way to the other end. I didn't like this because less passing was happening, which didn't allow everyone to participate and so less teamwork was incorporated into the game. In addition, throwing the frisbee all the way to the other end didn't have a positive effect on the game because it didn't work. The frisbee would either fall on the ground, go out of bounds or the team member on the other side wouldn't be able to catch it. Thus, it didn't help the team to get more points and it didn't benefit the team as a whole.  One other thing that I really didn't like was when one of my team members or I passed the frisbee to one of the girls who didn't normally get the frisbee, and a guy from the other team would step right in front of them and hit the frisbee to the ground. This didn't just happen once, but it happened a couple of times and I thought it was kind of mean because some of the girls on my team didn't get very many chances to touch the frisbee, so the guys should had just let them get hold of the frisbee. I know the team members on the other team were helping out their team by blocking the frisbee from the girls, however in order to make the class fun for everyone, they should of just thought about the impact of their actions. Each time I got the frisbee, I passed it to one of the girls on my team who didn't normally get the frisbee very often and by doing this it made me feel good about myself, it also allowed everyone to make contributions to the team and allowed them to feel valued. In the beginning of the year when we played ultimate, I was not as outgoing so I didn't get the frisbee very many times, and so it felt good to have someone pass it to me. Therefore, I wanted to pass it to the shy students because I used to once be a shy student in the beginning of the year. In brief, not only did I make my own personal improvements but I took the effort to make some good contributions to the team and I accomplished my goal of making everyone feel like a part of the team.