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Spec Basketball Theory Assessment Semester 2 2023

Charlie Harris |

This assessment is into three parts, a weekly program, a reflection on skills learnt and a reflection on courses.

For the planner my task was to design a personalized weekly program for a healthy self. The weekly program is expected to extend for a six-week period and should be specific. It is expected to cover the following factors:

  • Nutrition
  • Recovery
  • Endurance
  • Flexibility
  • Strength
  • Skill Development

Here is my planner that would be repeated for 6 weeks.

Here is my reflection to a skill I developed:

Throughout this course I have developed many helpful skills in offense and defense that I could use in games. One major skill that I have developed in this unit is help defense and more specifically, shell defense. Shell defense helps with defensive positioning which highly improves my help defence and stops offensive players from getting into the key-way. It gives everyone on the court positions and as the ball gets closer to your player, you take another step towards them. As another part of the shell defense, we learned how to defend against the screens and stay on your player without switching. In my games, I play as a guard, and this shell defense has helped me with my off-ball positioning. It puts me in a spot where I can confidently intercept passes to my player however, if the ball gets passed to them, I can get to them straight away. When a screen comes up in a game, the other guard helps me to stay on my player while still defending the roll. Shell defense also taught me to have my top foot above theirs to force them to the sideline where another player will stop them. By forcing them to the sideline, your other player can help instead of letting them inside, where they can potentially go on to score. Shell defense really improved my game and made me a better defender.

Here is my reflection to a course I found helpful:

Over the spec basketball course we had many specialists come in and talk to us on their topic. The people that came in did things like strapping, recovery and nutrition but the course that I enjoyed and found the most helpful was the strapping course. This course spanned over two sessions where we learnt how to strap our fingers and thumbs in the first session and our ankles in the second session. In each session we would learn how to do the strapping and then get into small groups and practice it on each other. By learning how to do this strapping we can use it when someone gets injured to prevent further injury or if someone is injury prone we can use it in advance to the injury to try to prevent the injury happening at all. In the first session we learnt about buddy strapping which is when you strap the injured finger to a normal finger beside it to keep it straight. We also learnt how to strap your thumb in place so that it doesn’t get jarred. In the second session we learnt how to strap your ankle so that it can’t roll in by taping it so that it stays flat and doesn’t roll.

Reflections

Health Road Safety

Charlie Harris |

This task was to create road safety poster targeting young drivers on one of the big 4 issues – Speed, Alcohol, fatigue or, distracted driving. After we did that we had to reflect on the RACbstreetsmart convention that us and many other Perth schools went to.

  • What were the biggest things you learned while at the RACbstreetsmart excursion?

That safety should come first before anything else. It is your life that is on the line if something goes wrong so there is no reason to take unnecessary risks. It is quite simple to greatly reduce the chance of getting seriously injured or even worse by doing the small things. These involve road rules like always wearing a seatbelt and not texting while driving however there are other things that can also greatly reduce the likelihood of a horrible accident like trusting your gut. If you feel like something isn’t right, you should never put yourself in danger. At the excursion there were a few guests who came out and spoke to us about their experiences with serious car accidents. This was extremely affective in showing us all the impacts of making poor decisions just like they did.

  • What one piece of advice would you pass on to young drivers above all else? Why?

One major piece of advice that the presentation encouraged us to follow was to always trust your gut. One of the guests that came out and spoke to us had been in a serious car accident, putting him in a wheelchair for life. His story was that he was partying with his brother and his friends, and they were going to another party. He called his mum to pick him up because he didn’t want to go to the next party however the people that he was with wanted him to go with them. He was unsure if he should have gone or not as he had a gut feeling that something bad was going to happen. He got into that car and got in a bad crash causing him to be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. For young drivers and people who will be driving soon he recommended that you should trust your gut.

  • Write down a pledge that you will commit to when you start driving. Why did you pick these things to commit to? How will you stick to these commitments?

My pledge is to always stay level-headed and not get distracted when it comes to driving on the road. This will allow me to keep myself out of danger but also keep other drivers on the road safe. I can stick to these commitments by keeping my phone on silent to not get distracted by it and to not get angry at other drivers. I believe that if I stick to these commitments, I will improve the safety of all drivers including myself.

Reflections

Year 8 Life Skills Reflection on Neuroplasticity

Charlie Harris |

Neuroplasticity: Neuroplasticity allows the brain to constantly grow. This happens when you are doing things. Every time you do something your brain will create a path for that, the more you do it the stronger the path gets or if you are doing something new the path will be created. These paths allow you to get better at everything you do whenever you do it. By knowing about this it gives you the mindset that every time you do something even if you have done it many times before you will always get a little bit better even if you can’t notice the difference.

Training your brain: Training your brain is all about doing something many times to get better at it. If you are doing training with your brain you will improve all the time. It doesn’t matter how old you are, if you put in the work you will get better at it. You can train your brain in everything that you do but some main things you can improve on are, reaction time, attention to detail, and other cool skills.

Grit: Grit is the ability to keep going and be patient. Grit isn’t talked about much but is very important. If you have good grit you are more likely to do well in school and in life. Many people think success is all about being smart but there are many other factors like grit. There are many people with lots of grit and some people don’t have so much but if you have a lot of grit you will be able to get through tough times, get things done and do well in life.

Happiness: Happiness is one of the most important things in life. It allows you to have fun and enjoy life which is something we all want because we don’t want to waste our lives being sad or just alright. Some main ways to be happy are, do things that you enjoy, hang out with people that you like, and try to stay away from things that bother you. There are many things that you can do to be happy but happiness is also a mindset. If you always look on the bright side of things and try to stay positive you should be able to maintain a happy mindset. Happiness is one of the most important things in the world and if you can always try to be happy, you should be able to enjoy yourself.