Wednesday 10 Feb

Wednesday 10 February
Three legged soccer.
In order to drum into our thick heads just how important teamwork is and under that communication (if I only had a buck for each time I use that word i'll be a millionaire.) we were divided into pairs and tied together three legged style. We then proceeded to play soccer. Well at least a version of it. It was loads of fun and Chef in a very successful attempt to make us even more uncomfortable tied us girl-boy. I was tied to Christian-which proved quite the experience because he is a head and some taller than I. After some unsuccessful, badly choreographed walking about we stole Natalie and Dewalt’s idea of hopping together on our tied legs. We won the game by default this was due to Chef's weird rules.
• If our ties broke we lose two points
• if we kick the ball out of the designated area we lose one point
• and if we score a goal we get only one point.
The other team kicked the ball out very often and as a result lost more points than they gained.
Back to back volleyball.
I was again tied to Christian but this time it was with our backs together at first the bag they gave us was too small and I could barely breathe, luckily there was another one we could use. The volleyball match proved quite a few things to us. Teamwork is about coming up with a better idea and having the guts to share it. On the receiving end it’s about recognising that a plan that was not yours could be a better option and than being able to admit that. We lost BADLY but it was again great fun. Our tie broke towards the end of play, even though we were both going in the same direction we didn’t talk to each other and as a result failed. This proved one thing for sure, even if you have the same goal as someone else and you don’t talk with that person to establish an agreement you will still not reach that goal.
Conflict, Teamwork, and Responsibility.
We were again divided into groups this time it was three groups. Each group then had to discuss among themselves assigned topics. These were teamwork, responsibility, and conflict.
First up was the Teamwork group they consisted of P.G, Eddy, Jason and Christian. They shortened their explanation to T=Together E=Everyone A=Achieves M=More.
The second team was the Responsibility group they were Dewalt, Chenelle, Natalie and Monica. This came down to your responsibility is just that, and you need to keep it that way. It is not anyone else’s responsibility for the basic fact that they have their own assigned tasks.
Last but not least was the Conflict group we were me, Zenobia, Cheri, San-Mari and Sky. We talked about all the aspects of conflict but ended up concentrating on that which causes conflict and how to handle it.