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1. HOW SPORTS CONTRIBUTES TO MY
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BY KIBISU ALVIN CLINTON

2. HOW SPORTS CONTRIBUTES TO MY
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
▪ Background Information
▪ Contribution to personal development
▪ Contribution to professional development
▪ Sample photos

3. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
▪ I am so obsessed with sports. Football, swimming, rugby,
handball; name them and I will showcase my talents in
them. Practically there are no major sports; I haven’t
played. However at the end of the day, one has to
concentrate on one game and give it your best. From my
high school life, I decided to go pro on handball. It is a sport
played by seven players, one goalkeeper and six players
inside. It is quite a fast game and involves a lot of body
contact, therefore requires one to be physically fit and
work on speed.
▪ I have participated in high school leagues and tournaments
up to international levels, university leagues, and
tournaments as well up to international levels. At the
moment still competing in the national club league and
coaching my former high school handball team.

4. CONTRIBUTION TO PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
▪ Any sports helps one keep in shape and stay healthy which is a foremost reason/benefit I
enjoy participating in them.
▪ Sports are fun. They have helped me release pressure and tension in a healthy and
controlled way rather than turning to drug abuse which is the norm in most youths
nowadays. Henceforth improves my sleep patterns and levels of anxiety.
▪ Playing all these sports have helped me much more than in the physical aspects. Built my
character, taught me strategic thinking, analytical thinking, leadership skills, goal setting
and risk taking both as a player as well as a coach.
▪ I get to spend quality time with friends, travel and get to know interesting new places
during trips to tournaments’ locations

5. CONTRIBUTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
▪ Team spirit - Working towards a common goal as a member of a team, selflessly, personal
interests notwithstanding. Understanding that one’s role in an organization is to maximize
organization’s benefit as a whole.
▪ Leadership skills: Lead different people as a captain and a coach from all walks of life
towards a common goal. These reflected when tasked to champion colleagues in
accomplishing a task.
▪ Never give up - Success is just round the bend, being persistent, nothing is impossible. You
never know how close you are to success when you give up. A loss is a learning experience
if taken positively. No mishap is eternal, never should one lose hope instead re-strategize.
▪ Observation and analysis: As a coach, I got to improve my observatory powers and
analytical skills during matches and post match analysis. This comes into play in solving
problems.

6. CONTRIBUTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
▪ Focus: Sport teaches you to focus on the present. Past is irrelevant, and future, who
knows?
▪ Strengths and abilities: Sport teaches you to focus on your strengths and abilities, not on
your opponents’ strengths and capabilities.
▪ Process and result: Sport teaches you that the process is more important than the result. If
the process is right, success will soon ensue. According to Basketball Coach John Wooden:
▪ Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your
best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.
▪ Planning: Sport teaches you to plan ahead, see through the consequences of your act. You
need to quickly assess the situation, adjust, adapt and act accordingly. Being flexible and
not carry a fixed mindset.
▪ Earnestness and sincerity: Sport teaches you not to take any situation lightly or display
casualness, and that every situation should be handled with earnestness and sincerity.

7. CONTRIBUTION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
▪ Planning: Both as a coach and captain I needed to plan ahead and see through the
consequences of my act. One needs to quickly assess the situation, adjust, adapt and act
accordingly depending on the situation.
▪ Process and result: Sports teach you that the process is more important than the result. If
the process is right, success will soon ensue. One has to train hard to get best results.
Nothing comes easy.
▪ Strengths and abilities: Learnt to focus on my strengths and abilities, not on my opponents’
strengths and capabilities but instead maximize on their weaknesses.

8. SAMPLE PHOTOS

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