I had recently joined football as my PS in school, although before that, I had experience in playing the sport in other schools that I was in, I wanted to continue the same thing here in Fountainhead as well, so in order to improve I started this experience and it has helped me improve significantly.

LO1: I had to identify my strengths and develop areas for growth. I knew that long and high drive kicks are my main weakness. According to my coach also, the only weakness I have is my long and high drive kicks. He always says that if you improve your kicks then no one can stop you to get selected for nationals. So I started practicing my kicks, it did improve and got better. I got selected for school games. Moreover, I do feel that to improve my performance more I still need to improve my kicks and stamina. For which I should practice more often.

LO4: This year it was extremely important for me to show commitment and perseverance for football. It is usually not quite difficult for me to show commitment and perseverance but this time it was difficult. Many times we had CAS meeting or any other session due to which I had to miss PS slot. There were also times when we had some submission to do so I used to miss PS slot and do that. However, I did try to play football at home and do a certain workout in a few days in order to maintain my performance. There were also times when I gave football priority instead of academics like when we had to go for nationals selection. At that time I decided to miss two important school days wherein we were supposed to do Hindi WA and TOK essay. Although I did complete few of those tasks before leaving for the selection. So this way I was able to show my commitment and perseverance to football.

The satisfaction I get when my coach or friends appreciate my physique is beyond words. Thus I will continue with these extracurricular activities. I won’t set my standards for just becoming an adequate player in football but strive to be the best I can in this short period of time.