Andrew Chao- Week 12 Team Language
Andrew Chao
Ms.Benedetti
Ap English 11 P5
1 March 2022
Team Language
Recently I had just joined the school junior varsity swim team. We just had our first opening meet this last Saturday which was fun and consisted mostly of relay events. I have never in the past swam relay events in a meet so I would say it was quite the experience for me. In my opinion there are bonuses in swimming both a solo event and relay event. I definitely learned alot from the relay event as working together as a team you have to be able to work really well in order to achieve the best. If your teammates don't really like each other or don't get along. You will have a hard time communicating and performing well. For the majority teamwork is very crucial to how a team does or performs such as swimming for example where we need to know when or how quickly our teammates are going to touch the wall. The less you know your teammates strengths and weaknesses the less you can time accurately on when you could dive in. The lack of communication within teams and teammates could only lead to losses and failures in attempting something.
A strong team is one where everyone works and thinks in unison with communication as a top priority. Team language in my opinion is a very important language as they are there as part of your team because they have the passion to do what you also like too. Everyone likes winning while strategizing and knowing your teammates weakness and strengths could be achieved utilizing it to the best of ability. Other forms can be like a chant or a team leader that pushes everyone to work harder and succeed at higher levels of checkpoints. All these forms of communication combined makes the team run smoothly and makes a team really a team that goes strong into competitions.
Comments
Congratulations on making the junior varsity swim team! I liked how you incorporated an anecdote in your post to make your points stronger. I definitely agree that being a team player is a very important skill to have. When I was younger, I remember not placing a lot of importance on it because I thought that just meant you had to talk to your teammates kindly, which I thought was an easy thing to do. However, after having worked on many projects, I realized that teamwork requires a lot more effort than that—it requires an understanding of your strengths and weakness along with your teammates’, frequent communication, and even organization.
Congratulations on joining the team! I'm glad you had a good time. I agree with how in group sports, or anything that involves teamwork in general, teamwork is always a key factor in the success of a group. But in order to maintain a good relationship with a group of people, strong communication must be maintained. People need to communicate and share their thoughts before the tension increases to the point of affecting the work. In addition, in a team environment, people need to be understanding. If people make the effort to understand each other, it can help prevent conflicts. To add on, a good leader is important. They can't be too overbearing, but strict enough to keep the group on track.
Congrats on joining the junior varsity swim team. I hear a lot about swim from my friends and it seems like a tough commitment; props to you! I agree with you that cooperation and teamwork is a great skill to have, not only pertaining to sports and such but the workplace and for progress. Humans, after all, are predisposed to be social beings, and communicating as a team is the only way to combine the efforts of each individual team member and create a result that is reminiscent of this. Having a leader can help immensely, as a good authoritative leader is creative, supportive, confident, and open to feedback and communication.
-Angel
You are one of the many people I know who are on the swim team, a few of them also being on varsity. Swimming is a very physically demanding activity. You must be incredibly talented in swimming to be in varsity for the swim team, especially since I heard that swim is extremely competitive. I definitely agree that one cannot succeed in a sport without some sort of cooperation and teamwork. Even in solo sports, such as track and field and badminton, some sort of cooperation is necessary. You can be as talented as you want, but if you are a jerk to everyone, your talent won’t matter. I hope that you really enjoy your time on the swim team!
It’s great that you learned the power of team language through your favorite sport, swimming! In my experience, team sports really help bring diverse individuals together and learn how to work together despite their differences. During summer, I actually participated in a volleyball camp for about two months and I also learned a lot about team dynamics. I was able to observe and learn my teammates’ strengths and weaknesses and learn more about them as a person. This improved our communication with one another and motivating or encouraging words to one another helped us play better as a team. I especially loved the team chants since it always boosted my energy and morale whenever I felt like I was playing badly or not doing my best.
Sincerely,
Faith Tong
I really liked how you connected the idea of swimming races with communication. As a swimmer, I can relate to this because it's almost like a shared pace test if that makes sense and it's just worse in the water. I agree with how you said the less you know about your partners, the less you can time yourself on strokes. Now, this idea is particularly interesting with swimming because most people have their stroke that they do best in and is most likely the best option to choose when in a race.
Sincerely,
Mrinmayee
Congrats on joining the team! I feel like teamwork always grows and the communication between teammates grow stronger whenever working with them over a period of time. Yet, it allows personalities to grow and forms a strong bond between you and your teammates. And like you said, a team always needs a leader to step up to literally lead the group towards a certain direction, but honestly, I’d say strong communication is the best leader.