I would like to talk about the time when I was disagree with my coach. So looking back at the time when I was a professional athlete, I used to do biathlon as my daily routine. I would say and at the age of 16, we should choose either we are going to national team if they are inviting us or we are staying at our current team. The disagreement was about staying at the same team with my coach, because he was saying that the national team can give me more experience and improve my skills in skiing and shooting. Also they have more equipment and provide more possibilities and opportunities for my career. But from my perspective I was considering that the current team is better for me especially in the way of training sessions because my coach know me fully and understand my feelings. So I was arguing with him maybe for three months and we got to the conclusion where I’m staying with him for one year more and we are looking how it will go. will go. I felt a lot of emotions especially I was not used to argue with my coach. Sometimes I was upset but since we got to the conclusion and agreed on this point we decide I felt relieved and the problem was solved and overall this experience taught me how I should listen to others people but listen to other people but also listen to me and what I’m considering right for this exact moment
Band 7+: Describe a time you disagreed with someone. You should say: - Who you disagreed with - What you disagreed about - How the situation was resolved And explain why you disagreed with them.
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I would like to talk about the time when I disagreed with my coach. Looking back at the time when I was a professional athlete, I used to do biathlon as my daily routine. At the age of 16, we had to choose either to join the national team if they invited us or to stay with our current team. The disagreement was about staying with my coach because he believed that the national team could give me more experience and improve my skills in skiing and shooting. They also had better equipment and provided more possibilities and opportunities for my career. However, from my perspective, I felt that the current team was better for me, especially in terms of training sessions, because my coach knew me well and understood my feelings. I argued with him for about three months, and we eventually reached the conclusion that I would stay with him for one more year, and we would see how it would go. I felt a lot of emotions, especially since I was not used to arguing with my coach. Sometimes I was upset, but once we reached a conclusion and agreed on this point, I felt relieved, and the problem was solved. Overall, this experience taught me how I should listen to other people but also consider what I believe is right for the moment.
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