Community Factor: Soccer League

On average teenagers spend at least 3-4 hours on electronic leisure’s, such as TV, computer games and social media. This program is designed to increase the amount of time spent doing physical leisure such as sport. Once a week students would be teamed together in even ability teams. This may mean mixing age groups, ensuring a gender balance and placing teachers evenly across all teams. The competition would be playing to win a trophy at the end of the term. The students participating could earn points towards their house total in the Parry House Cup, with the students in the winning team, earning extra points. This would motivate students and teachers to win for their house. By participating in a team activity that allows for all fitness levels, we will be encouraging social interaction, team building skills, resilience and making friends. This will help staff and students with a positive emphasis on their emotion wellbeing and mental health. To accomplish this, we would only need access to

Sport’s are an aspect of life that affect societies across the globe. Athletics affect everyone's life, whether that be playing the sport, watching games, or hearing about a sporting event. There is a big difference between playing an individual sport and players relying on their own athletic abilities versus a team sport when members of the team rely on their teammates to complete each individual's specific responsibility to reach the team's goal. Team sports bring people together in countless ways, and they teach many life skills for the athletes that participate in them. Some of these skills include communication, teamwork, discipline, work ethic, dedication, leadership, and numerous more that will help them in their personal and work

Playing soccer in high school made me learn a few life lessons like how to take criticism, how to lose, and what it means to be part of a team. It also taught me some habits. For instance, teamwork; which enables me to see the importance in others (even when their importance isn’t revealed at firsthand). Teamwork is of utmost importance to success because teamwork helps build confidence in each other as a team.

Team sports for example not only provide physical activity for children. They also introduce them to the meaning of “teamwork” and ability

Sport is incredible in how it can increase confidence, self-esteem, and overall health while teaching children a new ability of working with others as a team, taking direction, and doing things they never thought possible. I want to be able to show what sports is capable of teaching and the rewards that come along with it. The concept of team reveals what is achievable through solidarity that would be impossible in solitary.

One thing almost every young child looks forward to is the activity of play. Kids love nothing more than to go outside, run around with friends, and get dirty. If children are already active at a young age, why not encourage them to continue by enrolling them in an organized youth sport program? Young people will gain many positive experiences by participating in organized physical activities, but none as important and influential as the social skills, physical skills, and mental skills developed and nurtured during their time in youth sport. As a result, the young participants can continue to build upon and cultivate these skills which will ultimately be transferred into their development as successful adults. Along with the social and

Teamwork is a key skill that everyone should have installed in them at a young age.The brain of a child is like a sponge, they absorb everything and use it in the future. Playing football is not an individual sport unlike competitive swim or boxing, when playing a sport heavy contact or not as a team a child learns to work with others to achieve a common goal of winning or advancing. Children become cooperative and have the ability to collaborate with others making them more resourceful and beneficial in any real life situation. According to live strong representative and author of article “Benefits of Teamworks in Sports” Wade Harle, stated “ Teamwork in sports can help give participants stronger communication skills and teach them to work better with others. Additional advantages to teamwork in sports are learning to deal with conflict and varieties of different ideas within a team.” As the young child grows and prospers into a young adult having the teamwork ability and characteristic will only gain them the upper hand when applying for jobs, working on projects and in life commitments and relationships.

Eden Prairie Soccer has been a part of my life since I was four years old. All the experiences soccer has given me throughout the years helped make my mission trip to Haiti so successful. While in Haiti, football (soccer) is a huge form of entertainment among the children of the village we visited. The experiences the Eden Prairie Soccer Club has made it possible to connect with the children in Haiti through soccer. First, soccer has taught me many ways how to communicate on the field, through hand gestures, body language and verbal cues. In Haiti, there was a language barrier so hand gestures and body language became crucial when communicating to the children. These gestures were not just helpful when playing soccer, but also when playing

Tova is an integral part of the MLS Youth and Neighborhood team. She represents the library in a positive and professional manner. Tova tries very hard to bring quality programs and library service to all age groups. Tova needs to continue to work collaboratively with other divisions to encourage staff to participate in the Ride Along Helper program and to bring programs for teens to the communities we serve. She also needs to keep her supervisor fully informed, share all concerns promptly, and work with the MLS Youth and Neighborhood team to improve regular and clear communications among MLS staff members.

Anxious and excited, the eighth graders could not wait to step off the big yellow bus onto the soccer field of Pine Lake Challenge Course in Bristol, Connecticut. Working in small groups of eleven, students were faced with many different types of challenges that required teamwork. As a team, I believe most of our challenges were completed as best as they could be. This retreat gave me a wider view of how it really is like to work together.

Concord AYSO (Adult and Youth Soccer Organization) is a predominantly a volunteer based organization which provides soccer lovers in the community of Concord, California with facilities, games, and coaching in soccer. The age ranges of those who enroll in the Concord AYSO program fall into three categories: children ages 4-19; adults 19 and over; and mentally or physically handicapped children starting by age 6. My first three observations were with volunteer coaches: Armando Rivera, Fan Yang, and Brian Johnson, all of whom were working with groups of children and adolescents under the age of 19. My last three observations were with volunteer coaches: Larry Durham, Yoni Dahan, and Mark Hansen, working with the adults over 19. The specific training routines and drills of each class run by each instructor tended to vary in some details though there was a solid amount of consistency between the regimen that one instructor followed and the regimen another followed.

I would create a soccer community outreach program to benefit under privileged youth in the area. This program would provide the opportunity for exposure to the sport of soccer and allow for participation in a safe environment. UC students would spend the fall semester organizing and coordinating the program details, with the instruction and scrimmages to follow in the spring. UC students would contact area businesses/organizations requesting donations to purchase soccer balls, cleats, and possibly supply transportation for the youth. UC students would gain valuable experience mentoring youth, interacting with area professionals, as well as, gaining experience with logistics. The area youth would gain knowledge of a new sport, friendships

One modification of a traditional soccer game to better fit this population is making the goal nets bigger. This will allow for the teams to score more goals, thus resulting in higher self-efficacy feelings. If the goal nets that are bigger in size are available to use, then the TRS should take advantage of them. This directly links to the “adapt for availability” principle discussed by Tip Ray, M. Ed., CTRS (Ray, 2002). This principle states that things provided for the activity cannot be hard to find or receive, in that the adaptation made should be easy to access for anyone wanting this modification (Ray, 2002). Finding a bigger net to play with may not be the easiest to come across with, but using two objects to determine the length of

In any organization or setting, being a leader or project manager also entails dealing with personnel with varying personalities, the varying personalities usually makes the task of motivating team members or committee members challenging. What motivates one volunteer will not necessary motivate another volunteer. Hence, the burden falls on project managers such as Nicolette to find ways to motivate their team members. Therefore, to motivate her team, Nicolette must gain more knowledgeable about planning and hosting a soccer tournament, such knowledge will allow Nicolette gain credibility and respect from her team, furthermore, Nicolette must treat her committee members with respect, hold regular meeting to keep the members abreast of the

Finally, it is a fact that Australians love to play team based sports as listed, AFL, Cricket, Football, NRL, Soccer, Basketball, Rugby League are in the top 10 Australian sports; this is 7 of the 10 sports that are shown. With this in mind, Students would be required to form groups of 3 and compete in