Extra post: February

These past few  months my mentorship has been an extraordinary experience. During this month, we, the Southpoly girls soccer team had our last few league games that would determine if we qualified for CIF. Practices between these games were so different from our starting practices. We really wanted to win and it showed during practice. As my Mentor Marisa Tipton says " The way you practice is the way you're going to play." I believe this is true because we get a feeling of how a game will be by the passes you make and having a game-set mentality. All you have to be thinking about is the game! No side distractions.  You could see that mentality we developed within the games. For example in one of the games we were down a point and we kept fighting till the last minute. Or when we were up a point even though we were winning it was still 0-0 in our mind. We never gave up on the runs and just kept attacking to score goals. This month, I also had the opportunity to go to Catalina Island and stay overnight to play 2 games against Avalon High School. Even though we lost both games by one point our coaches were so proud of our performance.  My 10 best friends were on the field with me and that's all I needed to try my best. Even though the season has ended for us on the first round of CIF, the friendships and memories we have created will be cherished and remembered forever.

 The I-Poly girls that I got to share this experience with.

I-Poly soccer players
 

 

 

 

 

These girls and I were inseparable in the team. They were and still are my best friends throughout this experience. They made this experience the most fun I have ever had in a soccer team.

 

Analysa was and is my rock, she is the type of person that could make my day better with her silly jokes. She was always taking care of me and motivating me to do my best. This experience has also made us closer. We are bros!! I love her very much!

 

 Briana was the one that convinced me in joining the team and I am eternally grateful. Briana is always helping me improve in soccer by giving me drills to do. I was always learning from her. She is the cutest and smallest person with a strong voice. I love her so much!

 

 

 

 

Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

Content:

How can a girls soccer team can maximize their chances in winning CIF?

A girls soccer team can maximize their chances in winning CIF by by performing training drills that require balance, power and agility to reduce to risk of injury.

A female soccer player is eight times more likely to injure her ACL than a male soccer player. Researchers believe this may be due to differences in hormone levels on ligament strength and stiffness, neuromuscular control, ligament strength and fatigue. 

Jumping and balance drills helps improve neuromuscular conditioning and muscular reactions and ultimately shows a decrease in the risk of ACL injury. Agility drills helps you strengthen your legs by practicing the same cutting motion you do in a soccer game.

These exercises typically increase speed and strength and build power. These are the type of drills Southlands girls soccer team would do to have a better performance in soccer. We focused on these drills in preseason.

When training to reduce the risk of injury you have a more healthier team with fewer injuries better prepared to win in CIF.

Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research Foundation, ACL Injury Prevention Project.

Independent Component 2 Approval

1.What I plan to do for 30 hours is possibly join my Spain soccer team again. The games I play for the team would be counted as independent component 2. Or I wanted to help a team with coaching that would be in the best known club league. That league or team is Legends FC.  I could possibly join Legends FC as a player on the team.

2. I will attend all the games the team has and help them win or help the coach. Having more games will give me more experience to find more answers to my EQ.

3. This would help me explore my topic more in depth because it is giving me more experience with game situations that I wouldn't have without attending the games and actually find more answers to my EQ.

4. done

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

• LITERAL

          A) I, Jasmin Quiroz, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
         B) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
                     My source that helped my complete my independent component was Jaime Fuentes, coach of the Espana team. Also Ana Mendez and Marissa Tipton, coaches of  the Southlands girls varsity soccer team.
         C) Provide a digital spreadsheet. Post it next to your mentorship log.
                DONE:)

        D) Explanation of what you completed.
                What I did to complete my independent component was go to some of my Espana games. Since I no longer play with them due to my commitment with the Southlands soccer team, I did the rest of my hours there. The CIF rules state that once soccer seasons start you can't play outside of school as in a club or city team. So I had to stop playing for Espana. In the Southlands soccer team I played all the soccer games we had as a forward or when needed as a middle in league and non-league games.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF OUR GAMES

• INTERPRETIVE

I was able to take pictures of the games we had. For every game I had, I would write on a blog post how it went, what we did well, how we could improve and what the score was. I was also able to get some games on video.

Here are the results of all our games

• APPLIED

My component helped me understand the foundation of my topic better because I had the opportunity to actual play in a high school team that wants to win CIF. I play for Southlands Christian High School. It gave me a different perspective of what you need to actually be a successful high school team with practice, commitment, communication and of course eating healthy. I am still able to play as a forward for the team and score goals. I have about 9 goals in the overall soccer season. I was also able to come up with my first answer by playing against other teams and seeing the different soccer formations that they use. I got to see the coaches' perspective on how they coach and manage a soccer team. I would keep stats of the game when I would get subbed out to help the my coaches.

SouthPoly vs Connelly 6-0 W

Today we played against Connelly again. This was the team we played when I got cleated in the face. Coming into the game I felt like I was a bit hesitant going to win the ball from or near the goalie. In the game we played our style of play which was a lot of passing. In the first half we scored 6 goals. Even though I didn't score I would contribute with either passing the ball for the goal or just making goal scoring opportunities. The field was so muddy, that everyone was pretty much slipping. During the second half we couldn't score anymore goals. The opposing team was marking us very well and their defense were clearing the ball out of the danger. I got a pretty good shots from outside the 18 yard box. They almost went in the goal. The final score was 6-0. Our coach was very proud of our performance

Today we found out that We are in 3rd place in CIF. YAAYY!!!:D We have to beat our next opponent which is Tarbut V’Tora so we could be in 2nd place. I have faith and know we could beat them. We will have to wait till next Tuesday.

Briana scored 2 goals today!! I'm so proud:D
 I got to assist one of her goals.

Post-game smiles:D