Blog 22 Reflection

1) Positive Statement-  I am proud of the information I had for my answers during my presentation. I feel like I taught my audience in an effective way.
2)

• a. P
• b. AP

3) Mentorship worked for me. It was very essential to my project throughout the year and was a great learning experience.

4) The research checks did not work for me. They did not work because it was hard for me to find quality articles, and i did not finish the notes during class.

5) This project has helped improve in my research skills. First off I had to find a mentor so I had to contact some of my old coaches. Then once I did find a mentor I had to start to look for research articles, and the fact that we couldn't use websites such as Wikipedia, it made me look harder for articles.  

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

Literal

- I, Jesus Ortiz, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

- The soccer club Irapuato FC helped me complete my independent component. 

- For my independent component, I helped out the soccer club Irapuato FC. I first started to only help out during practice, and shadow the head coach, but then he gave me some say in what we would practice or even the starting line up. I had to justify my decisions.

Interpretive 

- My work demonstrates 30 hours of work because I had to go almost every Tuesday and Thursday to help out. I have been doing minor stuff right now, like helping set up for practice, drills and games. Also the coach Lorenzo Raya has been teaching me all the duties a soccer coach has. After every action he does, he explains the importance of it to me.

 

Applied

- This component helped me understand the foundation of soccer coaching, because it introduced me to a whole new side of soccer. I had no prior knowledge of coaching, and this experience was eye opening. For example I did not know how much work was put in order to set up a competitive and successful starting line up. I believed that the best players should automatically start and that the bench was just there in case of injuries. 

Blog 21 Mentorship

Literal 
-56 hours
-Lorenzo Raya, Irapuato FC
Interpretive
- The most important thing I gained from this experience, is the ability to look at soccer from a coach's perspective. This is important because as a player, you never get to see how much work a coach actually puts in. Now after my mentorship I can see that not everyone can be a successful coach.
Applied
- This experience has helped me answer my EQ, because my mentor Lorenzo Raya has showed my why my answers work. For example, my best answer deals with injury prevention tactics, which I had no idea about until my mentor taught me. He then showed me the effects of always having the same starting line up as opposed to rotating it. What I saw was that the team chemistry is lost and the squads effectiveness decreases, thus not wining games.

April Post

This month I mainly focused on asking my mentor for information on my second and third answer. At mentorship he showed me different injury prevention tactics. He also explained the different effects some have. Since they are used to protect oneself, the opponent might get hurt. He says this makes the opponent uncomfortable. He also showed me at one of his games, how he chooses when and who to substitute. This helps because my third answer deals with strategic substitutions.

Blog 20 Exit Interview

1) My EQ is " How can a coach best lead his a team to a championship season.
My answers are

• A coach can maximize their potential to win by implementing the formation that gives their team the greatest advantage over their opponent.
• A coach can maximize their chances of winning by teaching his players injury prevention tactics, to maintain a strong starting lineup.
• A coach can increase his chances in securing a win, by knowing how and when to modify his team.

My best answer is " A coach can maximize their chances of winning by teaching his players injury prevention tactics, to maintain a strong starting line up." This is my best answer because if a coach does not start a game with his best players, he is giving his opponents an advantage.

2) I got to this answer after I started looking for my second answer. I started to research the diets that professional coaches make their players follow. I then started to notice that the purpose of these diets were to keep the players at their top level. Once i learned this I started to think about how useless all that work is if the player gets injured. This started to seem like a better answer because as a soccer fan, I get frustrated when key players get injured, so I can imagine that coaches feel worse. I then consulted my mentor and he agreed with me. He then told me all he knows about injury prevention tactics.

3) A major problem that I faced was finding quality articles that could support this answer. I had to ask my mentor for specific tactics that then helped me actually find articles.

4) The most significant source I have is my mentor Lorenzo Raya. He is the most significant because dirty tactics are frowned upon so there are not that many books/ articles that go in depth with them, and he an open minded coach so he is willing to include them in his style of play. Also he has explained to me that most tactics are learned through experience. My other source would have to be "The Uglier Side of the Beautiful Game" on the bleacher report website. This article explains some dirty tactics that the professionals use.

Blog 19 Independent Component 2

LITERAL
a.I, Jesus Ortiz, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b. Lorenzo Raya Irapuato FC coach.
d. For my independent component 2, I worked with my mentor Lorenzo Raya. I was basically his assistant coach. I had to show up to all the practices that I could make, and sometimes i would go help him out in the actual games. He sometimes trusted me with running the whole practice. When I did I would just follow his style and do the same drills he would make them do. He also consults me when setting up the starting line up for up coming games.
INTERPRETIVE

- For independent component 2, I had to go to Irapuato FC's practices, which are from 6 p.m to 8 p.m, tuesdays and thursdays. I tried to attend as much as I could, so getting my hours was slow but sure.
APPLIED
-My time with Irapuato FC helped me answer my EQ, because my mentor Lorenzo Raya helped show why my answers actually help a team.

Third Answer

• How can a soccer coach best lead a team to a championship season?
• The best way a soccer coach can lead his team to a championship season, is by knowing when, and how to modify his team during a game.
•  The coach should be able to adapt to the style of play of the other team.
• He should know how to modify his team in order to get an advantage.
• If he sees a weakness in the other team, he can exploit that weakness with someone on the bench.
• http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704364004576132203619576930

Fourth Interview Questions

1) What is the best formation?
2)Which position would you say is the most important/
3) What tactics do you think work?
4) Should players ever play dirty?
5)What are some tactics to use when losing?
6)How can you prevent injury?
7)What should coaches do in practice?
8) Is good team chemistry essential?
9) Should a coach be quite or should he be outspoken?
10) How should coaches handle difficult players?
11)Should coaches pressure players while they are on the field?
12) What mentality should players have going on the field?
13) Should players practice preplanned plays?
14)How should coaches talk to their team?
15) Should players concentrate on technique or conditioning?
16)How important are penalties?
17) In your opinion what is more intense shooting a penalty or blocking a penalty?
18) What is the best way to throw a ball in?
19)How should a coach motivate his team?
20) How to play a game with a difficult referee.

Blog 16

1) How cam a soccer coach best lead a team to a championship season.
2) The best way a soccer coach can lead his team to a championship season, is by teaching his player how to be safe on the field.
- If all the players are aware of dirty tactics other players use, they will know when someone is trying to do it to them.
-If players don't get injured, the coach will have a complete squad and will not have to make unnecessary changes to the starting line up.
- Preventing the loss of a regular player will keep team chemistry good.
3) My mentor Lorenzo Raya is my best source for this answer because he told me this in mentorship. 

Blog 11 Mentorship

1) I have been doing my mentorship at Irapuato F.C. I have been doing it here becasue this is the team my mentor coaches. The 16 hours I have done all were done with Irapuato.
2) Lorenzo Raya. He is my mentor and coach of the team. He attends all the practices and games.
3) I have done 16 hours so far.
4) My ten hours started with my mentor teaching me different techniques to imporve the teams touch. Then once we incorperated that into our daily routine, we started to work on free kicks and plays. Also once when most of our players were away on vacation, coach instructed us on how to play "dirty".  Then two weeks before we went on break, coach Lorenzo could not make the practices or games due to personal reasons, so I was left in charge.

Research

1) Over the break I honestly did not have many activities besides practicing with the team my mentor has. Since most players are going out of town for Christmas break, we did not have most of our team. We stuck to working on passing and individual ball control. One practice my mentor and I sat down to talk to the players about protecting yourself on the field.
2)  The most significant thing that I learned is the concept of dirty soccer. When my mentor talked to the team, he taught us about all the dirty tricks some players may do. The reason he taught us this is so that when we face someone who is trying to do this to us, we can know and not get hurt.
3) If I had to conduct a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, I would ask Refugio Mancilla because he is a Chivas USA coach and Mexican youth scout. He knows about soccer, as a coach and player so he can give me plenty of professional information.