Volleyball Unit Reflection

Now that our volleyball unit is finished it is time for us to reflect on our growth during the unit.  Please answer the following questions by replying to this post on my blog.  Make sure to use complete sentences, capitalization, and correct punctuation.  Your answers for each question must be two to three sentences not just one sentence.  I am looking to see some depth and thinking in your answers.

  1. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?
  2. Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.
  3. With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?

On Thursday when we meet at the beginning of class please reply to 2 of your classmates responses. You should comment on what they said by asking questions or making a statement about what they said. Unlike last year I am looking for meaningful replies not just I agree… or that is cool…those are very generic and I want you to put some thought into your reply.

100 thoughts on “Volleyball Unit Reflection

  1. 1. I really wanted to get better at my bumping. When I came into the volleyball unit I hurt my wrists real badly every time I tried to bump. I think I got a lot better because I learned a new technique to use for bumping.
    2. When we played silent catch ball and my team dominated the other team I didn’t brag.
    3. Make sure everyone on my team is having a good time playing.

    • I agree with your first answer because I am really bad t bumping too. either I don’t put enough power into it, or I would not aim right.

    • I also had trouble with my bumping, and it also kind of hurt most of the time when I bumped. And I also wanted my team to have fun too.

  2. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is? I wanted to work on bumping and serving. I think I got a ton better. I got tons of aces and saved lots of rallies.

    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit. When my teammates were getting aces and they felt more confident and they played even better.

    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE? I can keep my sportsmanship going well. I can also work on having more patience and know that not everybody is as good at sports as me. I need to know that not everybody is good at sports.

    • During your example of one time you showed sportsmanship, what exactly is your example? Did you congratulate your teammates for being good?

    • I agree that you got better at serving because, when we were on the same team I saw you getting the ball a lot into open spaces between the 6 people.

  3. I worked on getting better at bumping and the only thing about that, that I want to work on is not getting the ball so high. I also think that I can get better at serving because I am hitting the ball with my vane and wrist. I would like to try to do the warm-up and games a little more fluent. I am excited for the next unit!

  4. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those ones to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?
    I think every all my volleyball skills got better.
    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.
    I used good sportsmanship cheering my team on.
    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?
    I think I can improve on not talking to my friends so loudly when waiting for class to start.

  5. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?
    -I wanted to work on bumping and set when I need to. I think I got better at both of them because I went for the ball a lot more and I did reminders to myself about setting when I need to.
    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.
    -Most games I clapped after every ace, my team or not.
    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?
    -Temper.

  6. I want to improve on serving and setting I think I improved on serving but I am still bad at setting. I think I demonstrated good sportsmanship when I played silent catch ball. I was against one other person and I got them out and won but he was feeling disappointed how he missed the ball, so I went over and said good game. I think during gym we do the same activities quite often so I think we could switch up the activities.

  7. One skill I wanted to get better on was passing in a game. I think that I got better on passing because I get more assists per game now. I showed good sportsmanship when people missed the ball I said “no big deal you will get it next time”. One thing I can do is try not to make everything a race or competition.

  8. 1. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those ones to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?
    bumping and aiming because my bumps are really bad and I cannot aim the ball right.
    2. Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.
    when our team worked really well together and almost got a volley
    3. With the beginning of quarter 4, what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?
    i am not entirely sure

  9. 1. I wanted to work on my bumping and spiking. I got better at my bumping but not my spiking because im too short.
    2. I think I showed good sportsmanship to the other team by not over exaggerating when we scored. In quarter 4 I will try to help people if they are struggling with something.

  10. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is? I wanted to improve my setting skill, and calling the ball. I got better at calling the ball, because everytime it comes to me and I think I got it, I say “got it” I got a little better at setting, I can set better now.
    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit. When someone served and it didn’t go over the net, no one got angry or something, we all told him “good job” and “it’s okay, you’ll get it next time”.
    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE? I can improve on my basketball and football skills. I can try to learn more about football rules. In basketball I can try to shoot it and actually get it in the basket.

    • those are some really good skills to work on in question 1 because I have noticed yo getting the ball but not calling it out so other people would bump into you.

  11. 1. one skill I wanted to work on was bumping straight and 2 was setting over the net.2. one moment when I demonstrated good sportsmanship was bumping and setting to people that haven’t been set to. 3. one thing to improve my time in P.E. is by following the Expectations and not breaking rules.

  12. One skill that I wanted to improve on was bumping. I think I improved at bumping because I bumped the volleyball over the net and got a point for my team. Another thing I wanted to improve on was serving. I think I really improved on that because of dead fish. That helped me get a lot better at serving. One time when I demonstrated good sportsmanship was when someone accidentally missed a ball, I then said it was OK and I know they will do better. To improve my time in PE I will work on being more of a team player and being less bossy.

  13. 1. I wanted to work on bumping/setting and serving. I wanted to get better at bumping the ball over the net or helping someone bump it over while setting. I also wanted to work on serving sometimes I serve it to the right or to the way left.
    2. I think I demonstrated good sportsmanship the whole unit because I didn’t yell or scream at teammates or opponents. One time I showed this was during silent Nukem I did not make fun when we won and when they got me out I did not say hurtful things.
    3. I think I still need to work on sportsmanship. I think I need to work on sportsmanship because sometimes during units I get really mad and scream at my team or the other team.

    • Yosef, I think you got much better at bumping. However you are correct you still raged a little bit. I think that you did improve though!

  14. I never played volleyball before so I practiced on everything. I mostly tried to work on my serving. At the end of the unit, I can somewhat serve. All of my games my team was carrying me. I didn’t have any experience so I couldn’t help out my team. But instead of playing good on my team I was like our cheerleader. I want to become better at being an athlete for quarter 4. That would help a lot because then I can help out my team more than just being a cheerleader. And I enjoy sports so I don’t only want to work on it for quarter 4.

  15. 1.I wanted to work on serving the ball over the net more than once. I feel that I got way better at this as the unit went on and I served it over the net about five or six(ish) times. I also feel that I got better and setting the ball because I actually got a point for out team by doing so.
    2.I think a time I did this was when one of my teamates didnt serve the ball over or didnt get a set over but instead of being made at them I said “good job” or “nice try”.
    3.I think I can have a little more confidence because I mostly did but because of last year I wasnt so confident in my volleyball skills but this year I improved so just believing in myself.

    • I agree that you got better at serving the ball because I remember that you couldn’t make it over the net at first, but at the end of the unit, your were making a lot of your serves over the net.

  16. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?
    I was kind of trying to get better at serving, bumping and setting. I don’t really think that I got better at bumping or setting but I do think that I got a little better at serving because now I can almost get it over the net (from a shorter distance but still I think I got better).
    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.
    I think I demonstrated good sportsmanship because I didn’t yell at people if we lost or if someone didn’t get the ball over. Most of the time, our team had fun.
    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?
    I think I should learn not to be scared of balls as much because I don’t like bumping because it kind of hurts (I don’t think I’m doing it right so that’s also probably part of why it hurts.). Also, during catch ball, I will usually just back away from the ball so I don’t get hit by it.

  17. One volleyball skill I wanted to practice was being able to bump it to the other side. At the beginning of the unit, I was really bad at getting a volley going. I was very good at serving, however. As we neared the end of the unit I got more chances to start a volley, and I did. Sometimes I even scored a point! I think that this skill got better and better throughout the unit.

    I always told my team mates that they were doing great and if they didn’t get over the net I would tell them that they did good and were almost there. I think I got Sadie to hit over the net.

    I think that I need to have a little more patience for winning or losing. When I’m winning I’m always bragging and playing with a smile and kind of being a jerk but when I’m losing it always get’s me so frustrated. I feel I’m always angry when I lose so I think that I need a little more patience when it comes to that.

  18. 1. I wanted to work on Bumping, because I wanted to be able to track the volleyball and then be able to get it over the net and so it doesn’t go out of bounds. I also wanted to be able to serve better. I think I improved at them because near the end of the unit, I was able to hit it over the net with serving and bumping.

    2. I think I had good sportsmanship during and after the games because I was encouraging my teammates and the other team, and I don’t think that I bragged to much.

    3. I can try to not be over competitive, and try not to get so mad when I get out.

  19. 1. I wanted to improve on my bumping and setting over the net. I think I got better because I participated and stayed focused and when the ball came to me I tried to get it.
    2. A good time I demonstrated good sportsmanship was when my teammates were struggling or could not get the ball over the net I would say “good job” or “you will get it next time.”
    3. what I can improve on in quarter 4 is to not talk when Adon Brugman is talking.

  20. Something I wanted to improve on in vollyball was bumping and setting. I don’t really think I got much better. I have some trouble aiming. I ussualy don’t hit it that far either.
    I think that I showed good sportsmanship during the scrimaging by not getting mad at anyone or bragging. Honestly I just didn’t care so I really didn’t do more than I had to.
    Something I can do for quarter 4 is to try harder. I barely try because I just don’t care. Next quarter I should participate more so I can get better at what we’re doing.

    • welp, you did get over the net this year. I mean that is big improvement. Don’t beat yourself up making it over the net isn’t easy for everyone. Just try to have fun!

  21. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?
    The biggest thing I wanted to work on was calling the ball more then I was and working with my teammates by sharing the ball. I think I improved on those two skills by stepping up and stepping back.

    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.
    I demonstrated when someone on my team didn’t make their serve I still cheered them on and made them feel special.

    With the beginning of quarter 4, what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?
    I can improve on not talking.

    • That’s good that you will improve on not talking, but how are you going to do that? (I’m not saying you can never stop talking I’m saying what strategies will you use to stop talking if that makes sense.)

    • I think for the first question those are really good things to work on but could you come up with more like setting and bumping or other things to work on.

  22. 1. One skill I wanted to work on was bumping. I sucked at bumping, and I still do, but I think I have gotten better at bumping because of the constant drills with bumping.
    2. I think I demonstrated good sportsmanship when I encouraged my teammates when they were serving because I know that serving is not that easy.
    3. One thing I can improve on is having better sportsmanship. Because I can sometimes find myself being too competitive.

  23. 1. I wanted to learn how to do a successful upper hand serve. I think I improved because in the gym at school my ball goes over the net.
    2. I always clapped and cheered for my team and the other team.
    3. I can have less fun and try harder because when I have fun people are annoyed with me.

  24. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?

    I wanted to work on hitting the ball. I feel like I got slightly better, but not that much.

    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.

    I think I demonstrated good sportsmanship when I clapped whenever someone hit the ball, regardless of teams.

    With the beginning of quarter 4, what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?

    I’m going to try to participate more and try to do my best.

  25. 1. Maybe talking more but i don’t think I needed to improve anything else.
    2. I ALWAYS cheer for someone on the other team if they do something really good.
    3. Maybe get less competitive.

  26. I wanted to work on serving and passing the ball. I think I did improved because I can pass better and serve better.

    I demonstrated good sportsman ship when someone did a good job are when someone tried their best.

    I don’t know.

  27. 1. I wanted to get better at hitting and serving. The amount of playtime we got made sure that I got way better at both skills.
    2. One time, somebody missed a serve. I cheered them on after and they made it.
    3. I think I want to try to have more fun and not care about winning.

  28. 1. I wanted to work on my bumping and serving more. I think I got better because of volleyball practice and a tiny bit of gym class.
    2. I cheered my friends on when I was not playing and when I was sitting out.
    3. Keep being more athletic.

  29. היה לי כיף ואני חושבת שאני אהיתי קבוצתית ונראה לי שעזרתי לחברי קבוצתי

  30. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is? I wanted to work on my serves. I think I got way better at serving and also I got a lot better with setting becuase before I didnt really serve at all.
    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit. I cheered on my team mate.
    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE? I can make sure I have my uniform more often.

  31. 1 I think that the skills i have learned are the serving and the ones that I have not improved on is the sliding catch along with the getting it over the net with my team sometimes.

    2 I think that demonstrated good sportsmen ship when my team was losing and I told them to try there best.

    3 I don’t really know how to improve anything.

  32. 1. I wanted to work on my underhand serves. I think I got better because I played on the volleyball team and we practiced.
    2. I was a good teammate when I cheered for my team.
    3. I can try not to get upset when I don’t play.

  33. I feel that I improved on calling and going for the ball. I think that I stayed the same at bumping and setting because we practiced it a lot in out of school volleyball practice.

    When working with people that did not understand the game I tried my hardest to help them.

    Going forward, I will make sure that I am being a good teammate and not being a sore loser.

  34. 1. I wanted to get better at setting and bumping. I think I improved in both because of being on the volleyball team. I used to be afraid of bumping because I thought it would be painful, but I did it and now I’m not afraid.
    2. I was a good teammate/good sportsmanship when I cheered for my friends instead of my team.
    3. I will try not to be as competitive and not get annoyed with my team when I feel like I’m the only one who does stuff.

  35. 1. Serving and bumping in the right direction. I think I got better because I can serve over the net 6 out 7 times.
    2. I did this when I was not sad that I lost a game, instead I said it was fun.
    3. Nothing that I am not already doing

  36. I learned how to over-hand serve, I didn’t do it constantly so I didn’t play it during a game. I got better at passing the ball. I did great at Nukem.

    If someone hit the ball well or serve it I’d cheer even if they’re on the other team.
    Make sure not to get frustrated if my team isn’t playing well.

  37. 1 I wanted to learn how to hit the ball over the net. I only hit it over like 2 times but I guess I got a little better.
    2 Even when people didn’t hit it over I still clapped. And sometimes I tried to help.
    3 I can try harder to learn and get better. And I can listen better when instructions are given.

  38. I wanted to improve on serving the ball over the net and actually hitting the ball. I think that I improved on serving because now the ball goes over the net usually not in a straight line though. I did not improve at all at hitting the ball because I do not know. I think that it is because I worked on hitting the ball.

    I normally congratulate people when they do a good hit and if they try to hit the ball and fail then I still congratulate them.

    I will put more effort into playing harder

  39. The two skills that I wanted to work on were bumping and setting. I do believe I have improved on the skills. I believe I used good sportsmanship when finishing a game. I will improve my skills.

  40. Before the unit, I really wanted to work on my serving because at the same time I was also on the volleyball team so I wanted to serve better for our games. I think I definitely improved on serving. Before I couldn’t even serve it over the net and now I can actually serve (most of the time) over the net. Once during one of our games, I served a ball over the net and got a point
    I want to have a fun last gym class before I leave for High School

    • That is so cool that you got better at volleyball and that you want to make the most of your time before high school! What was your favorite unit?

  41. 1. I wanted to improve on my serving and stepping through my serve so I don’t hurt my shoulder. My serve definitely got better and I could tell that I wasn’t putting so much pressure on my shoulder.
    2. I was really energetic during this unit. Any time my team got a point I high fived the person who gave my team the point.
    3. I don’t know, I think that I am already enjoying PE and following the expectations that have been set.

  42. At the beginning of this unit I wanted to work on my upper hand serves and bumping. I think I really improved because I can serve without missing and I can bump. One time when I demonstrated good sportsmanship is when I helped the other person up when they fell. With the beginning of quarter 4 one thing I can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE is to focus on having fun and being to competitive.

  43. Describe one to two volleyball skills you wanted to work on or improve on going into the unit. Once you have identified those one to two skills do you think you improved, stayed the same or got worse and why do you think that is?

    I wanted to improve on catching the ball better in nikkum. I also wanted to work on serving the ball over the net better. I am proud to say that I improved on both of those and feel better and more confident in my skills when it comes to that area.

    Give an example of one time where you believe you demonstrated good sportsmanship during the volleyball unit.

    When a teammate maybe didn’t catch or serve the ball back, and they maybe dropped it by accident, I made sure to support them and still tell them “Good job,” or “Good try.” (Especially when others were rude and impatient about it)

    With the beginning of quarter 4 what is one thing you can do for the rest of the year to improve your time in PE?

    I can always make sure I am trying my best and giving it my all.

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