The most unproductive group, or in this case team, that I have been a part of was my senior lacrosse team. During my junior year, I started playing lacrosse and I loved it. My junior year team was made up of experienced, dedicated, and focused players. Unfortunately, the majority of the dedicated players were seniors and would not be returning for the next season. At the end of my junior year, my lacrosse team was sanctioned by my school, and it went from being a club sport to a high school sport. This meant that my senior year, my team would be playing against more experienced and established teams. My senior team was made up mostly of lazy underclassmen. They would show up to practice late, they would not hustle, and they would complain constantly. My coach could not make it to practice on time, because of her job, so she would expect the team to do warm-ups by ourselves until she arrived. Most of the team would sit on the sidelines and watch the rest of the team warm up. On top of their poor attitudes and work ethic, my team lost nearly every game during that season, which led to low team morale and low group identity. With weeks left in the season, the varsity goalie quit and the team fell to pieces. My senior year team was a disaster and it almost robbed me of my love for the game of lacrosse. From this experience, I learned the importance of dedication, team unity, organization, and equal sharing of responsibility. In terms of productive groups, I always think of school project groups, but none of those stand out as being overly productive.
What is the most productive group you have been a part of and why do you think it was so productive?
In senior year, the groups I had in english I found to be really productive. I believe it was that way because at that point in our school careers everyone understood the importance of doing well in class. So you had the ability to make higher suggestions with the reassurance that they would be listened too and you'd most likely see the changes you proposed made. I also think it helped that you had been going to school with those students for a good few years so you knew them better.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that your teammates had to be such poor sports about being part of your team. I feel like if you commit to a group of people such as a sport, you need to follow through or people will get hurt or upset. I also remember a specific time when i was in cross country and a select few people never showed up to practices and it was disappointing that they are still part of the team but didn't have to put fourth the effort to be on it.
ReplyDeleteThat really stinks that your teammates couldn't try and put in more effort. I never thought about sports as 'groups'... I kept thinking about school groups for projects. I've only had one group where everyone participated (Psychology High School class). The most productive sports group i've been a part of was my Hip-Hop competition dance-line! Our teacher was really able to push us, and we were all willing to learn. There was one girl in there who was quite annoying though. There was never a moment she didn't forget something for competitions. In result to this, we'd have to go without hats, earrings, gloves, whatever she misplaced or lost. She also would wear her shoes around so while ours were all clean, hers had marks all over them. It's always hard to get everyone together and on the same page... Hopefully in the future things go better for you!
ReplyDeleteMy senior year basketball team was the most productive group I was a part of. Unlike your Lacrosse team we had people who were willing to give it there all and show up for every practice wanting to win. I feel bad for you that your team didn't want to try or give it there all. I hate being a part of a group/team like that, it makes me give up hope on whatever I am doing.
ReplyDeleteMy junior year of football was terrible too. The captains were not leaders at all and only cared about themselves. The team was divided into groups and no one got along. SO yea it does suck a lot when you're in a group that doesn't function or work well together.
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