Xiao Liang (Tom)

• Managed equipment before and after training sessions for 64 young athletes from different age groups (5 to 8-year-old, 9 to 13-year-old, and 14 to 16-year-old), assisted the head coach of the 14 to 16-year-old in delivering basic technical and physical guidance, including warm-ups, dribbling, shooting drills, and half-court game setups.

• Created a safe and inclusive training environment by ensuring the training court was spacious, hazard-free, and stocked with sufficient water and electrolyte drinks to prevent dehydration.

• Resolved a conflict between two 14-year-old athletes caused by tactical miscommunication during a 3v3 game, addressed the dispute promptly during a timeout, and encouraged them to apologize to each other to maintain team cohesion.

• Provided tailored feedback and improvement suggestions to 14 students in the 14 to 16-year-old training group based on their performance, while advising parents on how to support their children’s progress at home. This led to significant improvements in skills and tactical understanding across all students in 3 classes.

• Built timid and close relationship with 23 primary school girls and boys (4 to 6 grade) through teaching and playing basketball, soccer and frisbee sport activities within an inclusive and safe grand lawn, ultimately developed their motor and teamwork collaboration skills.

• Managed a spat between a fourth grade boy with irritable anger disorder and a third grade introverted girl over the ownership of a toy, successfully disputed the conflict and made the boy who triggered the quarrel apologizing to the girl for his misstep.

• Took the initiative to provide adequate guidance and mentorship for 5 new volunteers, asked them to memorize the club’s procedures and responsibilities, successfully motivated them to get in touch with the children for their skills development and safety assurance in 2 weeks.

• Publicized the tradition Chinese spring festival in the club with 4 Chinese volunteers with the approval of the head manager, held and taught activities such as the paper-cutting, guessing lantern riddles, and making dumplings among 58 people including children, stuffs, and volunteers, which actively developed my leadership and team cohesion.

• Promoted leadership, creativity and service by participating in activities such as shooting, logging, hosting and modern drama with other 15 adults for 1 month, then reflecting and reorganizing the knowledge acquired each day by engaging in half-hour meditation sessions daily morning.

• Resolved family and emotional disputes among five same age teenagers after taking 1-month psychological counseling courses through providing them with adequate verbal and hugging encouragement, finally led them to improve their ability to get along with people and self-psychological counseling.

• Strengthened community partnerships by participating in outreach events focused on promoting mental health awareness and reducing stigma surrounding psychological services.

• Successfully delivered a speech in a hall filled with over a hundred people, overcoming self inner fears with the guidance of mentors, and ensuring the breakdown of the personal comfort zone to reach resounding success.