PARTICIPATION IN OCCUPATION 2- Week 5

In class we were asked to write a full description of our participation in our activity that week to help our learning and applying the aspects we have learned to our activity.

I got ready for volleyball and arrived at 545pm at the sports hall to help set up for the volleyball games that were occurring that night. First game started at 6 and the first 2 teams arrived around 5 minutes before their game. The hall was freezing so I had to jog around for a bit before I lost the feeling in my feet! I was all set up to do the score for the first teams but one of the two teams only had 5 players and was short one player so I decided to play for them. In volleyball there are 3 sets. To win a set it is the first one to get to 30 points. In the game I filled in for we won the first 2 sets so won the game. But had some spare time so played the last set just for fun. At 6:45pm when the second game was on I did the scoring for them. It worked out that each team had won a set so the last set would determine the win and ended up that the younger underdog team won the game! At 7:30pm was the third game of the night and was our teams turn to play. We started off very slowly, not calling for the ball and unsure of what we were doing. You could tell that some of us were fatigues from the long day. Still we managed to scrape through winning the first set. Second set we decided to control the ball more by hitting the ball over in 3 hits. This technique was really successful and got us increasing our communication with each other and in my opinion won us the second set! So we won the game! But then also played the third set just for fun. Usually there would be another game after ours but one of the teams defaulted and our night was cut short. Everyone then evacuated from the hall quick as most people don’t have time to have tea before they come. So who ever was left in the hall helped clean up rubbish, put chairs away and the volleyball net away. It was good being the 5th night paying volleyball as my arms got used to the impact constantly from the ball so I left feeling pretty good!!

In this class we also touched on the framework that we follow in the analysis of our activity.

                                            

This is a picture of the framework which shows how the links can be made between the main aspects of this paper. These include ergonomics, ambience, affordances and practical considerations.

Out of the 3 main aspects that are described as the 'human condition' (food/paper/play) in the framework, the one that relates to my activity the most is play.

The framework touches on the aspect of what the activity means to you and what would you do if you didn’t do this activity. For me the main reason think I participate in volleyball is for the social aspect of the activity. This includes the relationship I have with my team mates and also the relationship I develop with the opposition. Also maintaining these relationships is an important to me. Also as the other people at volleyball that I socialise with have a shared interest it easier to relate to one-another and also I’m able to share memories with the group as our team has been together for over a year now. So referring to the framework the need I have for the occupation is social interaction. Within this then considers the ergonomics and affordance of the activity and by having these then aids in meeting the need- which is my need for social interaction and communication with others.

I think there are still some aspects of the framework that I’m still slightly unclear of but as the weeks go on and the more discussion we have in tutorials I feel ill grow a better understanding and appreciation of this framework.