Friday, May 19th 2017 Today we were in the gym from 1pm-3pm. It was a short day because we were summoned to the alumni game. For the time I was in the gym I helped with the group workout. It was the last workout of the week so it was light. Mostly shooting and quick moves to create space for your shot. One move was to jab with your non dominate foot and then shoot off balance because sometimes you'll be in that situation. Billy and some other kids had some trouble doing this which was expected. I advised them to pretend they were about to shoot left handed and then shoot their regular shot. I didn't even know if this would work but it helped them and they started to look like me doing it haha.
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Thursday, May 18th 2017 Today we were in the gym from 2pm-5pm for the group workout and then 6pm-9pm for practice. During the group workout I helped teach the kids how to do the woke out move because it was challenging. Malik was having trouble with it so he asked for help, I went over to the other side of the court and worked on the move with him for until he got the hang of it. I told him like I tell the other players, this is the place to make mistakes right here so you can get better. He went back in line with the other players to continue the workout. He still made mistakes but it looked a lot better. This right here helped me with my people skills and helped me have a better understanding of how people learn.
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Wednesday, May 17th 2017 Today we were in the gym from 1pm-5pm for the group workout. Today's workout move was a double crossover, crossover spin, in and ou and a layup. Then it was all that but instead of the crossovers it was between the legs then behind the back. There was no practice today because there no incoming tournament this weekend for the high school kids so coach TJ game them the week off. But some of the players who could still came to the group workout anyway because they wanted to get better. We showed them how to do the moves, a lot of the kids were running the crossover spin but I told them to break it into two moves instead of one and it looked much better.
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Tuesday, May 16th 2017 Today we were in the gym from 1pm-5pm for the group workout and then from 6pm-9pm for the middle school practice. Today's workout move was an in and out, double cross over, half spin then a layup. Then all again but instead of a double crossover it was a double between the legs then double behind the back. After the workout I went to go pick up the little kids for their practice then stayed to coach. I helped them with the drills they were doing and rebounded for them.
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Monday, May 15th 2017 Today we were in the gym from 3pm-5pm for the group workout. Coming back from the tournament this weekend, everyone was tired and sore so the group workout was small. The workout move was a double crossover, the Kobe, cross over then lay up. Then all that again but between the legs then behind the back. Everyone who was at the workout was either a college athlete or a senior in high school about to be a college athlete so I didn't have to show them how to do the move.
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Sunday, May 14 2017 Weekly Reflection - Week 2 Week 2 was another successful week and I learned more about coaching and bettering people communication and people skills. This week I learned patience is key and that everybody improves and work at difference paces. I also learned that while coaching, some kids take yelling and constructive criticism differently. Some kids will see that you're trying to help them and other kids think you're attacking them or trying to put them down. You just have to tell them you're there to help them and make them better. I did like what I was doing because it's always fun to be around the kids and be in the basketball gym. Also it's nice to see the smiles on everyone's facing when we're winning and doing well. I was asked to coach a team this weekend again to improve my coaching skills and also get the players more comfortable with me. The players I coach know the reason they get taken out. Either
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Friday, May 12 2017 Today we were in the gym from 2pm-4pm for the group workout. The workout was a shooting workout because there were games on Saturday and Sunday. Coach TJ didn't want to work the kids too hard but still wanted them to have a workout. After the workout we went to Providence, RI where the tournament because we were coaching for the weekend. Im looking forward to see how the team will do this weekend.