Culminating

There were not many moments that I had to use very much critical thinking, because for the most part if I had trouble explaining or showing a move to a certain wrestler, my mentor or another coach would be able to step in, show it in a way that the wrestler would understand, and be able to help them understand what was trying to teach.  I did learn how to communicate better through this project, because at the start I was avoiding any conversation with whoever I was supposed to teach, I would just show them, but I soon learned that just showing them isn't always enough.  It took awhile, but I did start to open up, and come out of my comfort zone to communicate with any wrestler I was teaching at the time.
I gained a lot more from the project then I thought I would.  One example would be, what was stated above.  I came out of my shell, and had to learn how to communicate to with people, in order to teach them further.  I personally didn't think I would turn out to be a half decent coach, but I proved myself wrong, seeing as I made some great friends, and helped some wrestlers along the way.  I also learned that coaches can't do everything alone, seeing as all coaches coach differently, and it would be beneficial to have an assistant coach with a different style of teaching, so that the wrestler being taught can benefit from having to different aspects of wrestling.
One of the challenges I faced was coaching young children, who I have severe inexperience dealing with.  Dealing with the young kids they would usually have a short attention span, and goof off or not listen to what I was trying to teach them.  I overcame this obstacle by being as patient as I could with them, realizing they were just kids, and they could be distracted easily.  At first I would be annoyed by this, but slowly I started to gain a level of patients for them.  It really was that simple when overcoming this problem.   Another challenge was, a couple times when I was at tournaments, after I would lose a match, it would be hard to move on and coach my teammates, but I needed to put my disappointment aside, and help out in whatever way I could for my teammates.  A challenge I can add is that I had to rely on other people to get me to anywhere I could really coach.  For instance, on one day during spring break, I had to go with my brother to college all day so that he could drive me to Palo Alto for the JLS practice.