Blog 8 Research

1.  What is your working EQ?
- How can a soccer coach best lead a team to a championship season?
2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.
- The most important aspect of a team is how a coach organizes his team; with good team chemistry to have a pleasant environment, but still includes healthy competition.
3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 
- My best source is my mentor. He showed me the difference between an organized team and an unorganized team, and the results are easy to see.
4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

- My mentor is Lorenzo Raya. He is a coach at a very competitive league in El Monte. He has allowed me to play/coach in his team. When I am not playing, he shows me everything he does to keep his team at a prime level. 

Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
- For my 30 hours I plan to start helping coach my cousin's U-8 soccer team. I will still be going with my mentor on Sunday, but also I will be assisting the U-8 team on Saturdays. The coach is a friend of the family so he will be of great help to me. I can start off with what I have been doing with my mentor and just help out, but later I can actually fully coach the team. The advantage of coaching kids is that they are not as experienced as older players, so they will follow what we tell them.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
- I will make a spread sheet on Google docs, and add a link in my blog so that anyone can see it. I will record everything that we do day by day. I will take pictures to show what we do in practice. Also I will update it regularly.
3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
- This will be an enriching experience for me, due to the fact that they are kids. As I have previously said, kids will listen to what a coach demands. I have noticed that teens and adults don't follow what the coach tells them. They think they know what to do so they do what they think is right, and only sometimes follow what the coach says. These kids will be obedient and we will be able to see our work on the field.