{"id":6734,"date":"2022-03-16T02:46:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T02:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=6734"},"modified":"2022-03-16T02:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T02:46:36","slug":"cricket-tournament-activity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classof2022.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=6734","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Tournament (Activity)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cricket is a sport that I have heard a lot about but never actually played, therefore I decided to take part in a Cricket tournament. I along with a few of my friends created a team of 8 and played a friendly match as none of us actually knew how to play cricket before the experience.

LO 1: Identify their own strengths and develop areas for personal growth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Even though I have never played cricket before it wasn\u2019t as difficult as I thought it would be, because I play other sports like badminton and basketball on a regular basis so I can learn a new sport easily. However, I don\u2019t really have a good stamina, and cricket being a sport where you need a lot of stamina, I found myself worn out during batting. Bating wasn\u2019t as difficult as bowling for me, I was constantly throwing wild bowling balls.

LO2: Demonstrates that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n


Trying a new sport is a challenge in itself, I was not aware of the rules and regulation as well as sport specific vocabulary, hence sometimes I found myself confused when someone said it is an over or clean bolt. After the friendly tournament, I understood the sport very well as well as the importance of teamwork in it. The tournament almost lasted for 2-3 rounds so I was exhausted, but I also developed a lot of stamina and strength.

LO 5: Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Playing cricket requires teamwork and cooperation, so sometimes it is possible that there will be conflict among the team members like if someone misses a catch the team starts criticizing each other. We all as a team faced such problems but we realised that cooperation, communication and teamwork is the only key to win. I also learned working collaboratively how to cope with winning and losing. After this experience I have definitely learned working in a team and listening to everyone and communicating with them my point of view.
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LO7: Recognize and consider ethics of choice and action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One ethical concern as a participant was to gather at a venue for a long time where social distancing won\u2019t always be followed and risks of catching the virus would increase. COVID being a part of our lives we all participants decided to wear masks at all times and maintain social distance except while playing. I personally avoided engaging in a group of more than 4 to 5 people and sanitized my hands every hour. I believe that I maintained social distancing , wearing masks and other COVID protocol in the most religious manner which made my experience risk free to some extent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


To conclude, taking part in this experience helped me a lot in terms of building my stamina, listening to others and working together in order to win is very important. It was a very fun experience to play a completely different sport.
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