Today I am going to post about my recent soccer game experience that I have with my colleagues. As you can see from the above jersey, we are prepared with our own jersey with our favourite number. 24 is my birth date as I have mentioned in my about me section and this is the first time I got my own jersey with my name printed behind it. This really makes you feel excited and wanted to play well with your own name. Anyway, back to the main topic that I wanted to discuss here in my blog post, the title of this post is called “Strategies For Learning That Is Needed” and it is actually based on what I have learnt from the soccer game that I played.

Last Saturday, our working school took part in the east zone healthy lifestyle day and I was told to participate in a 7-a-side soccer game. Initially, I didn’t know there is any plan for the game and what I was told was to buy a jersey which is the one you saw above. I was quite delighted when I received the jersey as it was my favourite team “Manchester United” colour and I get to choose my own printed number and  name. When I arrived at the sport event, I was surprised when our team captain actually went through a thinking discussion about how they are going to play the soccer game. Previously, I have played with the teachers before with another school but there wasn’t a plan on how we were going to play but this time round, the team captain was a different person and he seemed to be quite good at planning strategies. We listened to what he was saying and where he positioned the team players based on their known previous position and strength. There were a total of 11 teams and we were divided into two groups with one side having 6 teams and another side 5 teams. We were in the 6 teams side and we have to face 5 matches in order to go to the semi finals. Each match last 5 minutes and we have to score as many goals as possible. First match, we draw at 0-0 with another team and the team captain actually made a change of positions for the players for the second match as he felt we need more people who can run forward. With the change of positions, our team starts to score goals from second match onwards and in the end, we managed to win the title and come in 1st place.

It is a long time since my last sports event that has a trophy and I was quite delighted about winning it as a team. From the game itself, I tends to learn about the importance of having a strategies in mind first before you carry out any tasks as you will know better what to expect from it. Therefore, I felt strategies for learning is very important in whatever things we do and we must have a plan to win as you don’t plan to fail but never fail to plan.

Here’s the trophy that we won: