Allstar Cheerleading

A.

 My topic is Allstar Cheerleading, but more specifically it is getting your team to have the work ethic of champions. After a lot of thought and time, I figured it would provide me with a wide enough scope for research as well as interviews. I would like to use the team I am currently on as an example, because of how far we have come in the past 2 seasons. Ever since our current coaches started we have become one of the greatest teams in our area. I truly believe that the team has developed a champion's work ethic is due to the coaches influence. I believe understanding how this happens, will make not only my work ethic, but the work ethic of any teams I coach in the future.

B.

iPoly Citizen:  I plan to understand the way the coaches expect constant attendance, as well as the athletes being on time as there is always a constant deadline approaching for when certain skills need to be achieved. I plan to show how the coaches require everyone to be respectful to one another and maintain a team environment to ensure success. Learning these things will improve the way I interact with people at iPoly and make sure I maintain attendance as well as adherence to deadlines. Which will make me a better iPoly citizen.

Effective Communicator:  I plan to observe the way the coaches speak to the athletes, taking into account their diction as well as the changes in tone. I will strive to understand the way they listen to the athletes to better understand the issues presented. I will examine the way the coaches inspire the team to work interdependently at every aspect of the routine to present an astonishing product. This will make me more effective as a learner because it will allow me to apply these things in my own actions and severely improve the way I handle things, rely on people, and speak to them.

Effective Learner:  I plan to observe the way the athletes take it upon themselves to learn the things they need to without being instructed, and I will pay attention to how the coaches encourage that. I will also watch the coaches as they express their creativity when teaching choreography to the athletes and asking us what should be in the routine. This will make me a better learner because it will instill in me the will to learn the things I don't already know and ask for help when it is needed. It will also help me release the creativity within myself which will allow me to present products I am proud of.

Effective User of Technology: I plan to observe the coaches' and athletes' use of technology to study their sport and learn new skills. I will use technology to present the skills I can't show and techniques which will help me coach. I will find ways of coaching, or teaching athletes vital skills using technology that will open their eyes in a new way. This will make me a better learner because I will be able to show new ways of learning and coaching using technology.