Presentation completed

I have completed my senior presentation and will now be focusing on the evening presentation.

Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I am most proud of the amount of time I was able to talk about my topic. I talked way over the minimum requirement. I was proud because I usually find myself forgetting to mention points in my presentations, but I was able to easily explain to the class everything I wanted to with ease.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
I think what worked for me was the fact that I had two mentors during the year. Having to mentors was very helpful because it allowed me to see and understand different playing styles, coaching styles, and most importantly, different opinions. Especially with a topic that has many ways of doing things, having two mentors really helped me understand which ways were better and which weren't.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
If I could go back, I would have told myself to do more research and interviews than the minimum requirement. Having a lot of information to choose from would have widened my field view and could have possible lead to me choosing different, better answers.
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.
This project has shown me how to do better, more professional research. I think that's what I got the most out of this project. Finding the three answers took lots of research and interviews for me to decide what my answers would be. But when it came time to present, I was easily able to back up what I was saying with articles, books, interviews, and mentorships. I will use this new skill this project has taught me whenever I have to write papers in college.

Mentorship

IA Response to blog:

    Literal

Jason Parks, WEBB High School (909)560-7272

 

Mike Martinez Upland YMCA (909)996-1909

    Interpretive

     The most important thing I gained from this experience was getting a different point of view from basketball games. I usually play the game and get a view from the inside. But throughout my mentroship I was watching the game from the sidelines through a coach's perspective. I learned the reasons why coaches get mad during games, for example lazy players, and how to address those situations. Also, during practices, I picked up new skills and techniques to improve my game.

   Applied

What I did helped me answer my essential question because it allowed me to see what worked in games and what didn't work. For example, during one of the games, our team was getting beat on the zone defense so we switched it to man defense and they did better. And in another game, our team was getting beat on man defense, so we switched to zone. It helped me understand how to play the game strategically. Also, I had two mentors which gave me two coaching perspectives. I asked a lot of the same questions to both of my mentors and both of them gave me different but good information. Having two mentors actually benefited me. I actually used both of my mentors answers to my essential question as my final answers to my essential question. They were both very helpful in answering my essential question and supporting their answers.