Senior Project Reflection

Part 1:

(1) Two hour presentation student assessment

I think I should get a P on my two hour because I followed all the guidelines and did what I was suppose to. Also I believe the material I taught was appropriate and the students learned a lot from it.

(2) What are you most proud of in your 2 hour and why?

I am most proud of the accomplishment of being done. With all the effort and research I put into it I feel accomplished that I was able to do the two hour without hesitation.

Part 2:

(1) What did you think you did well on in the project? What could you have done better? Please explain.

I feel that I did well on completing my service learning. I learned a lot from it and got the basis to my answers from doing it. Without it I wouldn't have been able to complete this project. It was also a great challenge to loom at cricket from a whole different as a coach instead of a player. I feel I could've researched more on things I didn't already know about cricket and have expanded my knowledge to a completely new extent. I'm not saying I didn't learn anything from this because I learned and accomplished a whole lot. But I could've took this to a whole new level with more research.

(2) What is your EQ and what is the best answer to your EQ?

What is the most important skill needed in becoming a successful cricket player?
My best answer is fast reflexes with quick body movement.

(3) How has the last month of culminating events (e.g I-Search, Two-Hour, Exit etc) affected your answer to your EQ? Has it changed? Why or why not?

From these events, mostly the iSearch paper, I was able to clarify my answers more. They didn' change but they were backed up a lot more from it and I was able to fully understand why exactly I chose them and the real importance of them.

(4) What suggestions do you have in order to improve the senior project?
I would just say start the advisory meetings a lot sooner so that way students have more of an opportunity to be able to ask questions and clarify everything and have better understanding because the advisory meeting helped me a lot, so I think it could help more if there was more time to it.
(5) Overall Senior Project Assessment

P- because I believe I did follow all the guidelines but I know I could've done better on a few things. So I think overall I deserve a P- .

Service Learning

(1) Literal
• Log

Date	Number of Hours	Time
Dec 12, 2010	3	2:30-5:30pm
Dec 17, 2010	3	2:30-5:30pm
Dec 19, 2010	3	2-5pm
Jan 9, 2011	3	2:30-5:30pm
Jan 16, 2011	3	2:30-5:30pm
Jan 21, 2011	3	2-5pm
Jan 23, 2011	3	2:30-5:30pm
Feb 5, 2011	4	10am-2pm
Feb 6, 2011	3	11am-2pm
Feb 12, 2011	4	10am-2pm
Feb 13, 2011	3	11am-2pm
Feb 26, 2011	4	10am-2pm
Feb 27, 2011	3	11am-2pm
Mar 5, 2011	2	1:30-3:30pm
Mar 6, 2011	3	11am-2pm
Mar 12, 2011	4	9am-1pm
Mar 26, 2011	2	10am-12pm
Apr 9, 2011	2	10am-12pm
Apr 30, 2011	4	9am-1pm
May 1, 2011	4	9am-1pm
May 7, 2011	3	10am-1pm
May 14, 2011	2	12-2pm
TOTAL:	68 HOURS

• Contact Name & Number
David Sentance 
Number- (818)295-9521
Email-sentance@sbcglobal.net


Interpretive
The most important thing I learned from this experience is, it takes a lot to be a coach and it's a completely different aspect of cricket. By being a coach, well assistant coach, I had to find exactly what each player needed improvement on and how to help them become better. The coach needs to teach the team how to work together, game plans, batting line ups, fielding drills, and proper technique. By coaching the youth division 4, I am now able to coach myself in better ways.

Applied
This helped answer my EQ because by coaching the kids I was able to tell exactly what skills have more importance over others, and exactly what skills were needed. I was able to see cricket from a whole different view, and instead of being the player, I was able to notice different things that went on. I was able to notice what the players lacked and what was needed.

2 hour Presentation Rough Draft

(1) What is your sponge activity?

For my sponge activity I plan on asking the students what they know about cricket. I will then have them distinguish they similarities and differences of cricket and baseball to see how much they know.

(2) What do you plan to do and say in the introduction?

Introduce myself and topic, the state EQ, "What is the best skill needed in becoming a successful cricket player?" Define: Best meaning the most efficient thing you can do, skill meaning strategy or quality, cricket the sport, and player meaning person who plays the game. 

I chose cricket as my senior project because I love playing cricket, I've been playing for the past 4 years and I love it. 

My plan is to teach the class the best skill needed and how to execute them, I plan on doing this by talking, activity, talking, activity, talking, activity. 

(3) What do you plan to say in your foundation?

For my foundation, I will give background information on cricket. I am going to start off by explaining the history of it. Then I will explain more about my sponge activity and tell them the exact differences and similarities of baseball and cricket, I will then explain the basics of how to play it.

(4) What will your 2 or 3 answers be for your 2 hour?

• Fast reflexes with quick body movement.
• Eye contact on the ball at all times.
• Maintaining balance while preforming complex techniques.

(5) What activities will you do for each answer and why?

• Fast Reflexes - Play Dodgeball, because if the students play dodgeball they will be able to use the techniques of how to have quick reflexes that I taught them while playing.
• Eye Contact - I will show videos of a bowler balling a ball but not showing the end result then have the students guess where the ball would go by using their eye contact skills. I am doing this so they can see how important eye contact is while playing.
• Maintaining Balance - I am planning on having the students walk on a small wood piece while using proper techniques on catching a soft ball, they are going to start off by going slowly, but by the end we are going to pick up the pace. By doing this, the students will be able to know how balance is so difficult and important.

(6) How do you plan to conclude your 2 hour?

I am first going to talk about my best answer and why its the best, then going to state my three most meaningful sources, then i am going to talk about my end product.

(7) How do you plan to decorate the room?

I have no clue yet.. :/

(8) What supplies/resources will you need to make your 2 hour possible? 
I will need soft dodgeballs, cones, long thin wood piece, and soft catching balls(maybe hackie sacks).

Independent Study 2

Content:

1. Log 

DATE	Number of Hours	Time
4-Apr	1Hr	6-7pm
5-Apr	1Hr	6-7pm
7-Apr	1Hr	6-7pm
8-Apr	1Hr	6-7pm
9-Apr	1.5Hrs	1-2:30
15-Apr	3Hrs	2-5pm
16-Apr	6.5Hrs	10-1:30, 3-6pm
17-Apr	4Hrs	10-2pm
22-Apr	2.5Hrs	12-12:30pm
23-Apr	5.5Hrs	10-12:30, 2-5pm
24-Apr	4Hrs	10-2pm
	Total=31Hrs

2. Posted Evidence 

3. Complete the LIA:

Literal

(a) I, Sonakshi Sagar, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) For my Independent Study, it was a two part process. The first part consisted of me actually becoming an official SCCA umpire. To accomplish this I had to study and take a test of 65 questions that were about the rules and regulations of cricket. This was done through the ICC fly emirates umpiring. For the second part of my study, I umpired SCCA division games. I also umpired youth club games. I umpired the D4 v D5 game at woodley park, D2 v D4, D1 v D4, D1 v D5, D2 v D5, all the division games were held a woodley park, and I umpired a youth game which was Citrus Valley v Irvine Specs at a park in Irvine, Citrus Valley v San Jose in Fontana, Cirtus Valley v Cougars in Fontana.

Interpretive

I had to study for the test for a total of 4 hours, the test took 1 and half hours and I umpired a total of 8 games and for each game it took anywhere between two to four hours, because a umpire has to examine the pitch prior to the game and do the toss. The games took me a total of 25 and half hours hours to umpire. Which makes a total of 31 hours completed for my Independent task.

Applied
It helped answer my EQ because, by umpiring the games I was able to see cricket from a whole other prospective. I was able to see both sides of the story and notice what each player needed in order to show there best of abilities. It was a whole different aspect of playing on the field to umpiring the game. For example, one of my answers, maintaining balance while preforming complex techniques, formed completely from the independent task, because I was able to see exactly how losing your balance while bating can affect you to get out.

Independent Study 2 Approval

1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your second independent study.

- I plan on taking an umpiring class and becoming an official umpire for ICC cricket. But since the class will not give me enough hours to complete the task, I will umpire cricket matches.
 
2) How does your independent study 2 relate to your EQ?

- It relates to my EQ because by umpiring I can see the game as a whole. I can notice what skills are used in a game and what saves a player from getting out. I will be able to see both sides of the games and be able to judge decisions based off of if they used the right skill.

Independent Study 1

1. Log 

• Sundays- 12/12, 12/19, 1/9, 1/16, 1/23, 12-2pm
• Saturdays- 12/11, 1/8, 1/15, 1/22, 10am-1pm
• Tournament- 1/29 and 1/30 8am-11am and 1pm-4pm

2. Posted Evidence 

Practice at Fontana Field 

The Tournament, I'm number 17 :D

Me bowling(:

Batting

Batting

3. Complete the LIA:

Literal

(a) I, Sonakshi Sagar, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. 

(b) For my Independent Task, what I did was prepare and take part in a Tournament. It took at over a whole month of practice to prepare for it. It was one of the biggest tournaments going on for Women's cricket in California. There were a total of four teams, two from up north and two from here. I played on the Hollywood Rebels team. Every weekend our team would meet up either at Woodley Park, Fontana Grounds, and once or twice at Rancho Cucamonga Middle School's cricket ground, to practice. We ended up getting second place in the tournament, San Jose's team got first.

Interpretive

My task demonstrates 30hrs of work because we would practice for two hours on Sunday and three on Saturday. On Saturdays we would practice on fitness and better tactics to use during a match, and field positions. On Sundays we would practice on specific technique improvements, and play mini-matches against the guys on Citrus Valley Cricket Academy. It took a lot of hard work and dedication to come to the position my team and I are at. Not only did I have to practice on the weekends with my team I also basically had to practice everyday at home, whether it was walking around my house with a cricket ball in my hand practicing my spin with my fingers, or going into my backyard and practicing with my brother and sister. Although we didn't win, we have gone a far way since the beginning and it really showed in the matches. Also, by being in the games, I could also tell what else I need to improve myself on still, for example my balling needs more flight and turn in it, so I can show the best of my abilities. 

Applied

By practicing for a tournament and playing in it has helped me answer my EQ in many ways. It was even weird how while I was playing the game in the back of my mind I kept thinking, while it was when I was batting, fielding, or even balling, how the answers to my EQ kept coming up. For example, when I was batting and the ball was coming towards me I thought how your vision is most important and how you always have to keep your eyes on the ball. Basically by doing this Independent Study, it has helped me get a better understanding of my EQ and it has helped me support my answers.

Interview 3 Questions

1) How important do you think physical strength is in a match?
2) How important is mental strength during a match?
3) Do you think it is better to be mentally or physically fit?
4) Do you think technique is more important than strength?
5) Do you feel the future generations of cricketers are focusing too much on technique rather than physical fitness?
6) What role do you think the visual concentrations plays in a match?
7) In your experience of being a coach, what was the hardest thing to teach the players?
8) Would you say balance is a big part in being a good cricketer? If so, why?
9) What is the best way to teach players to reach their highest potential?
10) What is the best skill needed in becoming a successful cricket player?