For the academic year of 2017-18 I decided to learn a new sport of Table tennis where I gave 45 minutes for 3 days every week as we had our sports slots of 45 minutes for 3 days in one cycle. I decided to learn this sport in school as the school has proper training equipment ranging from automated machines and multiple tables in one room with many types of rackets to choose from.
In this activity the learning outcomes in focus would be: 1,2,3&4
LO1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth
My strength in this particular sport was my reach I was able to count shots far away from my body because of my height, but the area that required growth was my backhand stroke I wasn’t able to place proper shots using the back of the racket which required some work. My trainer advised me to use the automated machine to practice the backhand shot. Which helped me a lot and I was able to perfect it to some extent.
LO2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills.
The first challenge that I faced was I had no experience such a sport where a table is involved or there I very little space to play in, here I had to focus on accuracy and judgment on where the ball is going to land after I hit it. This improved over time as the activity was spread across almost a year, I received enough practice from my instructor and was able to learn this new sport effectively.
LO3: Initiate and plan a CAS experience
As the activity was almost a year long I was able to plan the whole activity where at first I would learn the basics of the sports like backhand and forehand shots and then advance to much more complex techniques like chop and spin. This was only the start of the activity, after that I tried to learn new types of service which were the most difficult to execute and took a lot of time and effort.
LO4: Show perseverance and commitment in CAS experience
Even tough I had to balance between studies and sports I was able to give this activity significant amount of time and commitment as we had dedicated slots for this activity. I tried to not skip any of the slots and keep improving my skills in this sport.
