My Pregame ritual : Highlights Sarah McKay 2011-12

Here is a video that I watch everyday before a game or practice. Its a video of my Club team coach and she is my inspiration and aspiration. This video always motivates me hypes me up and get me ready for a game

Midterm

  During PE this year, how have you shown you are prepared and willing to participate 

in a variety of activities?  On what days have you participated to your best effort and 

why?  What days have been a struggle for you and why?

  PE has always been one of my favorite classes at school. I always come to class on time ready to go. Unfortunately I have had bad luck when it comes to injuries this year, but when I am able I fully participate and push myself.  Whether its fitness or choice days I always try to ensure I am sweating or red in the face, as well as I have realized how vital it is for me to fully participate as a leader in our block because it ensures overall success of our PE time. Fitness days are always the days in which I push myself further and if I'm not sore the next day I know I didn't work as hard as I could and I put in more effort next fitness. I don't really find I have days I struggle in PE, the hardest part of PE for me is when I have to sit out due to injuries. I always want to keep improving my physicality as well as motivate others when I am working hard. So like any good "team mate" I cheer on the others and just to see how much of an impact an positive comment like good job or nice work or keep pushing increases a persons drive and focus on the task, they run faster or squat farther and its so cool to see such an impact on my peers. 

       

How do you contribute to the overall success of the class?  What kind of attitude do 

you bring and why?  How do you interact with other students in our class?

    Like I had mentioned before I cheer on my peers whenever I'm on the sidelines or participating myself. As well as I help to support other leaders as well as coordinate with them on choice days to set up/organize activities . Whenever I come to PE I always bring a positive attitude and a smile, little things like that can easily change the course of someones day as well as make physical education a more enjoyable experience for them. I always have a focused full effort mindset when in PE because honestly its the class where you are more self reliant and your success is based on who you are and how you contribute. I always try to interact with new people but I do feel I could put more effort into it, I always make a point of going around asking how people are or talking to them about things we have in common or things I know that they are into. I always try to bring a fun friendly vibe into PE as I know with a more personal touch and knowing that someone cares is also really important. During choice days when given the team opportunity I gravitate towards my friends (Chris, Miguel, Earl) as well as I try to include new people, like for handball we invite grade 8s to join us or new people that look a little lost we try to include them.

        

Describe your participation during fitness days - have you been able to push yourself 

physically?  What types of fitness activities do you enjoy the most?  What fitness 

goals do you have for the rest of the year? 

   During fitness days I always push myself and even if I don't see the results I want or I'm not feeling it I push myself harder , so that I always leave with a red face, and am sweating by the time we finish. I personally really enjoy the exercise videos I feel that they are a fun unique way to get fit and its similar to what I do at home. For the rest of the year I really want to focus on improving my fitness further to getting back to my usual 10+ on the beep test, because I am not that happy with my past fitness scores. I mean its pretty decent for a person that has had the injuries I have, but I am always looking to do better and to improve further. 

What does "leadership" mean to you?  Who are the best leaders in our class - why?

     Leadership to me means alot of things one of which is a person who is constant, a person who is always putting a 100% in, always smiling and motivating others. A person who listens to their peers and takes critical advice and takes something from it to improve. A person who can stand up and take charge and still be influenced by the ideas of others. Personally I find Pallvi, is a great leader and one of the most prominent from our class, we coordinate to organize choice activities, and she is always positive and caring. Adam and Carlo are surprising leaders as well they include a lot of the younger more unknown peers and always make activities fun. Plus Carlo brings extra clothes. Also I am also a leader from our class not to be biased or anything, I always contribute whether its getting everyone's attention, helping to set up or organizing teams. Motivating others and challenging them as well as my self to further grow and improve. 

    

What improvements would you like to make in PE by the end of the year?  What are 

you the most proud of so far?

   Rebuilding strength in my ankle and knees, getting my fitness level to be higher than last years. I want to be an even better leader and keep pushing myself to see how far I can grow. Honestly I am most proud of the growth that I have made, I have been more vocal in motivating others I push myself further every class, and challenge and push my peers as well. Whether its having a competition  as to who can jump higher, or run faster. 

Overall I feel I deserve an A as given by the content of my blog posts and my positive presence in our PE block. 

Let's chat

So for the past little while things have been crazy and still are crazy but here's an update as well as a plan for the upcoming semester. So basketball has been going on for 5-6 days a week and on my off days I have been working out in my gym we have in my basement. I have been doing some bicep workouts as well as some cardio on the stationary bike I have been planning to do a post dedicated to my healthy eating as well as healthier alternatives to a lot of unhealthier options. So stay tuned for that... 

Update

So I have been really busy and haven't had much time to post, so here is an update. Lets start off with winter break, so during the break I exercised as much as I could and I think I got in a solid 5-7 days of workouts [see my personalized workout post] I was in Seattle for a couple days... Then back into school, so we had a basketball home game against Elgin Park, and I was on the top of my game, I scored 4 out of the 9 points we had and we were winning and then I went to go and get my own rebound landed on a girls foot and got a second degree inversion ankle sprain. So I went to physio and have been following r.i.c.e and although its going to take time to heal time that I don't have after giving it a weeks rest I am heading back into practices and will be back to playing. I have been working on my upper body strength, and have improved immensely.