| For those of you that have played
Quidditch at HOL either through the house league or through WQL … have
you ever stopped to think what skills each player has? I know we
can look at the stats of a player. But what kinds of skills does
each player have?
Which ones can you improve?
Which ones can you nothing to change? Which ones can you do a little
but not much?
One day during practice I went into
Oliver Wood mode and came up with list of skills for an HOL Quidditch player.
All players would do well to analyze themselves in regards to these skills.
Captains and Coaches in particular should look at these things. I
have ranked them in importance as I see them.
Feel free to agree or disagree with
me. You will be tested on what I present here. But I encourage
you to consider adding your comments, corrections or suggestions to the
end of your homework assignment. Perhaps I have forgotten something.
Maybe I could make things clearer by organizing it better. Let me
know after you read the material and complete the assignment.
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1. Power
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2. Speed
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3. Accuracy
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4. Focus
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5. Team Emphasis / Sportsmanship
POWER
Knowledge is Power.
This is how much trivia you know. Some people tend to specialize
in certain books or areas of knowledge. Some are weak in movie trivia
for example. You have to actually know the answer in order to do
much of anything in HOL / WQL Quidditch.
SPEED
This has many parts to it.
Some are things you can work on a little others you will be rather powerless
to do much about it. Harry is fortunate to have one of the best brooms
money can buy. Others are not so fortunate. Some simply have
better luck than others in this skill. There are things you can do
to improve or hinder the performance of your broom (computer.) Some
may find it necessary to borrow a friends broom or to use their Dad’s old
broom while visiting him. Here are some of the sub categories related
to speed.
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1. Speed with which the player can think
of the correct answer
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2. Typing Speed
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3. The players broom
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a. Computer
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b. Modem
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c. Internet service / traffic the player
is experiencing
ACCURACY
Knowing the correct answer
and entering it in quickly is of course key to the game. However,
without accuracy all of that was wasted. You all know the one letter
rule and that “dodge” must be spelled correctly. Remember that correcting
one word and putting an asterisk after it will not make your answer correct.
Saying: “professor*” after having two spelling mistakes will not give you
the correct answer. You need to redo the whole answer and only have
one mistake. Reversing two letters counts as one mistake.
FOCUS
Are you able to remain alert
and ready to answer when it is your turn? Are you focused enough
to not answer when you are not supposed to? (This saves you from
getting warnings of fouls called against you.) There is an element
of endurance here also because most matches last about one hour.
Are you ready to “dodge” the bludgers? Can you keep focused on the
game even if your team is losing or winning by a great deal? Can
you keep your focus even if the other team scored three goals in a row
on you?
TEAM SPIRT / GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
Remember that Quidditch
is not about individuals. It’s about a team trying to defeat the
other team in the game of Quidditch. It’s meant to be fun.
There will likely be one team that wins and another that loses. Victory
is not due to one individual’s performance. Defeat cannot rest on
one person’s shoulders either. The team needs to stick together and
neither blame: a) themselves, b) other team mates, c) the referee, d) the
internet. Also, the team should not complain / taunt the other team
/ house because this could lead to warnings of fouls during the game.
A Quidditch player should attempt to remain positive no matter what the
circumstances are. Sometimes we grow more in hardship even though
it is painful at the time. However, it is also important to not gloat
to much in victory. Celebrate your victories. Mourn your defeats.
But don’t harm yourself or others in the process.
These are the skills of the HOL / WQL
Quidditch player as I see them in order of there importance.
Are you ready to take the Quiz
for this unit?
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