Tues 1st April Touch

On the 1st of April we had our 2nd period of touch. On the day we were split up into 3 teams and we were given a part of the turf to stretch and do basic exercises to loosen up the muscles. Afterwards we were called back to the teacher to the some ball exercise where we had to jog in a line where we pass the ball to the right continuously until we run to a certain point on the turf. Another exercise would be one with four corners marked with cones and with two people run with the ball to the middle of the square and pass to the left we then had mini games at the end of the period.

I would put my participation level at achieved level because I had brought my PE gear and had an energetic start but that had quickly faded when we were starting too late because we were waiting for the others for too long leaving me feeling bored and unmotivated. At first the day was cool but when we started doing our stretches the temp. just jumped when the Sun came out from behind the clouds, it suddenly started blazing and I was sweating from just jogging the width of the turf, because of the heat I became tired easily.

Factors that influenced my participation would be that the others were too slow at changing and that I get bored easily. Another factor would be the sun light and heat which left us sweating. One more factor would be my unwillingness to play touch because I personally don't like the sport because it doesn't let run how you like and you have to set up plans to score a try. Touch is a sport that heavily weighs on team work, if players are new to the sport they would find it difficult like all sports but in this sport you would find that you would be passed the ball a lot because of the restricted numbers and fast pace.

If I were to raise my level of participation I would try to get pumped up and if they were taking too long I would just practice with the people there, passing the ball so I would not get bored and just sit there. To block out the Sun I would try to wear a hat so try at least lower my temp. by a bit. I would also try to like the sport or try to warm up to the sport so I would enjoy it more when I play.