"Softball isn't a one woman sport, there's 11 other girls who become your sisters. And don't forget that you win as a team and lose as a team."
(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far? A positive outtake of all I've done so far for my topic was pretty much realizing that this topic so far is really intriguing and enjoyable. I actually enjoy doing research for this topic and i'm not only looking at it as a topic but maybe a career path I could take or can help me link to another career? Who knows yet.
(2) EQ Content: Pick a piece of research or your interview. How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic? My research has improved a little of my understanding of what becoming or being a softball coach takes but NOTHING really compares to actually talking/mentoring someone under that field because they can talk to you a little more about what they did and break everything down for you without all this meaningless sentences that are sometimes just there to make a page look nice. Jennifer really loves her job and I can tell by the tone in her voice as she was answering my interview questions or as I would just talk to her about her team.
(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project? What has worked so far is my understanding on all the research and the reasoning of most things that coaches do. I think it all has to do because i'm already familiar with the sport. Another thing that work was correcting what I had believed about softball coaches, for example like how much they earn and if they were a teacher and coach for the same school they would earn more no matter what but I was obviously wrong about that. (check my last post, "I didn't know that?")
(4) What hasn't worked so far? The only thing that hasn't been working so far for my senior project is my schedule trying to fit in with Jennifer's (mentor) softball practices. Since LPHS has only been in school for a month practices haven't been a daily thing so they have them every Thursdays and I have basketball practices every Tuesdays and Thursdays. There were times where I left practices early to get to LPHS just so I can catch at least the last 30 minutes of softball practice but it hasn't been working out. As the year go on, Jennifer's schedule will change to daily practices and that will be way easier for me because I would have 3 days to make it to any practice.
(5) Finding Value:
- What is a potential question you would like to study this year? (working EQ) A question I would like to study this year would probably be something like, "how would you coach a varsity softball team well enough to make it to make it to CIF (California Interscholastic Federation)?" I want a question that helps me learn the background, basic drills, and requirements. I really want to learn this topic well enough where you think I'm good enough to become a coach at age 17.
This website helps me keep track of LP's softball team eligibility to go to CIF: http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/la-puente-warriors-(la-puente,ca)/softball/home.htm
- What do you plan to do for mentorship? If you haven't found a mentor yet, then discuss where you are currently looking and who you are talking to to find it. What I plan to do for my mentorship is to help Jennifer out with practice, familiarize myself well enough with coaching and maybe once a month (for these 3 months) coach a whole practice. I'll definitely ask questions about something I read if I find it confusing or need more explanation.
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