Happy Monday! I can't believe it's already the last Monday in February. Over the past few months, I've been trying to focus on gaining experience for my future careers. Although I've been doing this in various ways, my work at the Grove City YMCA seems to be most influential.
Every Sunday I keep the scorebook and help to run the Adult Men's Basketball League at the YMCA. Last night, there were issues with the referees, some player attitudes, and uniforms. The referees were not even close to on the same page and were not working well with each other. The players spent more of the game complaining about calls and using profanity than actually playing. And although this is the 5th week, half of the teams still do not have proper uniforms with numbers. Even though these issues are minor, every week my eyes get opened to what the sport field is actually like. I'm beginning to learn how to solve problems on the fly and how to communicate with unhappy referees, players, and spectators. The most important thing that I've learned is my attitude completely changes the solution. If I am respectful, pleasant, professional, and sincere, people take what I have to say much better and accept it.
Overall, this league, combined with Youth Soccer that I also run, is a great learning experience that will definitely benefit me in the sport field upon graduation.
Have a great week!
--Jayme
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