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Text Cut: Reese

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Originally Posted by Devina Wellheart

REese grinned as the professor agreed with him.. Perhaps they has quite a bit more in common?.. and he wasn't at all surprised when Schmebby at his side didn't answer his question.. She wasn't the go out and exercise type of girl... She was a stay indoors and cozy up with a lovely book type of lass.. And he didn't see anything wrong with that..


And once again his hand went up as more queries were posed to the class. " Sir.. It's important to set goals .. Both short term and long term... Short term to meet long term goals.. Gives ya something to work for... But it doesn't rightly matter whether your making those goals for fitness or career.. When ya meet short term goals it makes ya feel like that long term goal is more attainable.. and that makes ya wanna work harder.. Ya know?.. One motivates the other.. ", he said all proud of himself..


Seriously?!.. How was he not sorted into Ravenclaw?.. Or Slytherin? Long-winded tedious little thing that he was..

"That's very true, Mr Prichard." Haraldur said, hovering towards the boy. "Goals if of course not only important in sports but in other aspects as well." Like... Academics. Hint, hint.

Text Cut: Maddie

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Maddie wondered what 'cultivating and developing on the pitch' meant, but she only nodded in reply. Yup. Got that, Professor. All of it.

She knew that exercise was important, but she hated being reminded of that. Organizing her energy into a routine wasn't something she was fond of, but she had a feeling she was about to have to do that very thing. Maddie listened to the professor's question and thought about the answer for about a split second before raising her hand.

"I think it's so they'll know where they came from and where they want to go," she said. "For example, maybe they can run one mile, and then one day, they can run three. So their goal is to run two extra miles." That sounded like a LOT of running to Maddie, but that's what a goal was.

Haraldur hovered past the first year to the young Hufflepuff. "Very good, Miss Kemp." He began. "Being able to track and follow your progress is important. You might not notice how far you've come otherwise." Figuratively speaking.

Text Cut: Kirk

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Originally Posted by Charely Potter

Kirk wasn't too bothered by the cold weather, it kinda came with the territory being outdoors so he was bundled enough to withstand here long enough. Why did he exercise? Well, Quidditch of course. It also felt good and he liked how it made him look in the mirror. Plus, Mel appreciating how he looked after a work out helped as well. He didn't say that aloud though, some things weren't needed to be told.

When it was his turn to answer, "Small goals help to keep you encouraged and on track. Small ones such as promising to walk around the courtyard more is easier and good enough to do than promising to lug a couple trunks around daily." Those were his thoughts on the matter.

Haraldur hovered away from the two Hufflepuffs and towards his Ravenclaw Captain. "That's true. Small and short-term goals are just as important as your major long-term ones. Actually, keeping small goals could be even more important than the final destination." Haraldur knew that as a Quidditch Captain, Kirk was well aware of this fact. Small goals for every practice and every game eventually brought the team closer to the ultimate goal which was of course winning the Quidditch Cup.

Text Cut: Chloe

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Originally Posted by Bazinga

"Yeah what he said!" She pointed at Kirk eagerly, "He would know and be super smart being captain and all." Not kissing behind here, just enthusiastic and agreeing with him. He would know all the answers being smart and older and the captain!

"Also, making goals make you want them more especially if you have awards at the end of your goals. Like my mom will give a goal of cleaning your room and after you are done with that you get rewarded with a treat. So if you do that for exercise your reward could be you play better or maybe you have ice cream after a run to reward your self. "


That sounded okay, didn't it?

Haraldur left Kirk's side and hovered over to his enthusiastic fan teammate. "Very good, Miss McCarthy." He smiled. "If the goal is not its own reward, treating yourself to something nice after an accomplished goal is very wise."

Text Cut: Emmalyn

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Originally Posted by Birchwoodmom

She never did like setting goals. At least not specific goals. Those always seemed to either be a big let down or failure. Neither of which she enjoyed. She wasn't exactly sure why someone would want to set specific long term goals.

She raised her hand. "Sir, I don't like setting long term goals. Long term goals seem to always lead to failure or frustration. I prefer to keep goals non specific and attainable. Such as, simply trying to have fun while I exercise or doing my best while playing a sport."

Her eyes drifted to the pile of black notebooks on the table and she instantly regretted answering the question. He was probably going to have them make short and long term goals then track them in those books. She hoped she was wrong.

Haraldur frowned slightly, leaving Chloe and hovering over to another skilled Quidditch player. "I see where you're coming from, Miss Walsh." He began, paused for a moment to think before continuing. "The goals you set for yourself should always be attainable and realistic. Setting long-term goals does require some training but combined with attainable short-term goals; anything is possible." He gave the girl a genuine smile then. "Exercise or sport should of course always be fun, so you're attitude towards that is good."

Text Cut: Skylar

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Skylar listened to what the professor had to say and then was talking about short term and long term goals, which to be honest, it was the short term goals that tended to stress her out the most cause they were what she was immediately affected by. Biting her lip she considered last year, how she felt after the first match as captain. And after talking to Marchand and then other things that happened during the year.

"I think, goal setting is also important to know when you've failed too. Because sometimes we don't reach our goals and achieve our dreams and succeed, but that's okay too because we can succeed in other ways even if its in recognizing failure." it was something that she was slowly learning to figure out - accepting failure and not seeing it as a bad thing but as an opportunity.

Haraldur hovered over to his Slytherin Captain, listening to her words as he did so. "Absolutely, Miss Diggory." He said, once she'd finished. "Realizing and accepting failure is an important lesson for all athletes. Failure of reaching a goal doesn't mean you've failed as you've learned lessons on the way. Setting up short-term goals could help you minimize the risk of not reaching your long-term goal though." Maybe she was speaking of personal experience. Quidditch could be tough on the students, especially the Captains who worked hard all through the year. He gave her a small nod before moving towards Jessa.

Text Cut: Jessa

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Physical activity helped with learning? Well yeah, so did being left around to freely pursue one’s interest. There were many paths to most things leaving her no at all sold on the exercise one

As for goals...

“I don’t know about most people but I usually set goals to challenge myself. Once I’ve gained interest, I decide how much I want to accomplish then see if I really can. It’s like a working marker or checkboard for me to tick off and assess the extent of my capabilities. Every time I hit a stumbling block that prevents me from getting to the next goal, it’s like a small challenge on how to figure a way around it.” Which she obviously enjoyed doing.

Jessa could spend hours dissecting an issue, turning it this way and that, flipping it inside out, in fact, that was when she had some of her most content moments. There was just something about getting the wheels in your brain turning and considering something from all angles.

It wasn’t a sentiment most could appreciate but there it was. She didn’t like going outside and excerising her body, she liked being inside and exercising her mind.

Haraldur nodded as he hovered towards Jessa. "Working towards and eventually achieving your goals is indeed challenging yourself. Whether it's in a physical context or not. Tracking your progress and setting up short-term goals will help you figure out what went right and what went wrong along the way."

Text Cut: Daehyun

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Originally Posted by debpetrisor

That pat on the back made him jump in surprise. Was it a disappointed pat on the back? Or a there-there, everything's going to be alright pat on the back? It was most likely a disappointed one.

... maybe he should consider working out and getting some strength in his currently useless limbs.

As professor Haraldur brushed the snow off the books, Daehyun still had some hope left that it'd be a theoretical lesson- but then he kept on asking about exercising and goals. Well, he wouldn't know why people set goals for exercising, but he supposed they had the same purpose in any field, so his hand went up. "Maybe to challenge ourselves and know our limits?"

Haraldur left the Ravenclaw Prefect and gave the young Gryffindor an encouraging smile. There ya go, buddy! "Exactly, Mr. Yoon." He said, happy the boy had ventured to answer his question. "Not only do we challenge ourselves but we can also achieve more than what we originally thought. Crush those limits." Like the boy who had been convinced he could never fly but was still here in his second year.

Text Cut: Sylvie

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Originally Posted by Daemon

Uhm.

"Goals keep you motivated. It's like when I play my games at home, I want to gain rep and have lots of gold so I set goals and then go and farm a toooooooon of mobs so I can ACHIEVE that goal," what were they talking about again? She really wanted to go to the computer room now. How much longer was this flying lesson gonna be? Sylvie Norcott had places to be and raid bosses to kill.

Safe to say, the flying instructor had NO idea what Sylvie was talking about. But he wouldn't admit it. He was down with the kids. Cool and hip and knew all the street lingo. "Yes..." He said, hovering away from Daehyun towards Sylvie. "Goals do keep you motivated and... Help you with the gold and the farming." Yes? Ahem.

Text Cut: Leesha

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Originally Posted by Sonea

Blowing warm air over her cold hands she shivered, she wanted to do something instead of standing here in the cold, talking, so she needed to distract herself. “I think that it’s better for some to make them to not give up, that way you are working toward something what makes it easier to keep working. And besides… It’s more rewarding for yourself to finish what you’ve started, knowing that you worked hard on something” she said thinking about herself when she had been in her first year…

Now this was more in Haraldur's expertise. The instructor left Sylvie and hovered towards Leesha. "That's very important indeed, Miss Griffel." He said. "Finishing a project in the time allotted for it is very rewarding. Setting goals for the journey there is useful for that."

Text Cut: Derf

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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

SPOILER!!: catch up under heeeeere

FRESH AIR! SNOW! FANTASTIC DAY FOR FLYING!

Derf had bolted down to the pitch and, unlike in his youth (har har) he had taken a bit of a more mature stance on the pitch. No mounting the broom and no trying to prove himself to anyone else - though first year him was still quite proud of the little bit of showing off he had done on the school broom back then. Of course he noticed the black notebooks and the Hufflepuff was honestly hoping that those were for them to draw up flight patterns and strategy for quidditch and nothing to terribly academic. It was one thing he enjoyed about Flying, it was a class that allowed him to shut off his brain and rely solely on muscle memory and reflex to navigate through. No facts, no figures, just pure enjoyment.

Please don't say you were going to ruin all that, Mr. Groundskeeper!

Though the promise of a long term assignment was NOT promising foreshadowing.

Bleh.

But the most important aspect of his workout? DOING it. Like, you know, loads of times you tell yourself you're going to do something but then you don't ACTUALLY execute it. So the actual physical act of DOING was the most important bit. To him at least. As for the why he did it...he just sorta did it. He enjoyed physical activity and the only real purposeful exercising he had done as of late was weight training to bulk up for his beater position - hence the arm muscles and broader shoulders and all that.

But, mostly, Derf was just listening while lightly drumming on his broom's handle and shifting his balance between his feet.

Could they get in the air yet?

SO MUCH TALKING.

Could they please just get in the air already? That was his short term goal, yeah?

Derf did not really have much to add to what others were saying either. Though his own goals and ambitions tended to be quite fantastical - like learning Parsletongue - and often times out of reach. But that was how he pushed himself best. You know how the expression went: shoot for the moon and you'll end up in the stars...or something like that. Small term goals were, you know, made things more manageable and less daunting...but easily achieved things didn't motivate and drive Derf.

Still shifting the balance between the balls of both his feet...the fifth year just wanted to get up in the aaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir. Please?

Haraldur hoverd from Leesha towards Zoryn, passing (as always) a very eager, very impatient Hufflepuff Prefect. The flying instructor gave the boy a smile as he hovered past him. He noticed the weight shifting and he noticed the finger drumming. Sooon, boy. Soon.

Text Cut: Zoryn

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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack

Zoryn caught the eyes. And she wasn't about to give her the satisfaction of reacting, despite the fact she felt the look as if it were a sharp pain through the chest. Zoryn didn't want to be here. Was sharing a common room not enough? Of course the one class she didn't skip this week happened to be one where she had to stand in close proximity to her.

"Beating your goal is exhilarating. Makes the whole thing worth it." Everything in life was a competition. Even whenever you were competing with yourself.

Couldn't they start flying now? Zor liked that part because she was better at it than Sylvie was.

Haraldur nodded as Zoryn spoke up. "Reaching and beating your goal is a great feeling, you're right Miss. Spinnet. And it keeps you focused and motivated through the whole process." A concept she as a former Quidditch Captain would be very familiar with.

Text Cut: Abra

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Ah, man, those shoulder pats. They recalled some bittersweet memories, mostly because of Jaddi and all, but Abra smiled at Baldvinsson all the same. It was nice to have his answer acknowledged like that.

Funny, the flying instructor was really not the first person Abra had heard say about how important exercise was, how it benefited physical and mental health. His healer also went on about it a fair amount, but Abra really had all those bases covered. The stairs in school, Quidditch, swimming, maybe he wasn't as active as some, but he definitely felt more than active enough just based on things he did for necessity and for fun. It did make him wonder how different things might be if he did, say, go for a run every morning, but... well, he wasn't going to do that. Sleeping took precedence.

At the next question, Abra waited a while before raising his hand again, because it was one of those questions where he was sort of worried about giving a stupid answer. In fact, most questions that started with 'Why do you think...?' made him feel that way.

"I think maybe it helps you measure your progress. Also, sometimes it feels easier to do a thing when you're working towards a goal as opposed to when you're just doing something without an aim." Abra bit his lip uncertainly, then tried for an example. "Like... with swimming. I like swimming laps and seeing if I can do a certain amount of laps in a certain length of time. Sometimes even just counting them keeps me, um... engaged or whatever? But if I'm just swimming backwards and forwards for no reason, with nothing to work at, that can feel mega boring, actually. I end up feeling a bit lost."

Haraldur left Zoryn's side and hovered over to his Gryffindor Captain. "Interesting, Mr. Botros." He said, nodding. "Focus is actually a major part of why athletes set goals for their workout. Both for every time they do a physical activity as well as what those goals should eventually lead to. Like the Quidditch Cup for example." Wink, wink.

Text Cut: Caleb

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Originally Posted by hjhm

the area is getting colder or that's what Caleb thinks. He placed both his hands inside his pocket to warm them up. Who knows they might fly today and play a game. The professor poped another question.

Hmm... short term and long term goals. It is important to have either one. You don't have to be an athlete necessarily. Caleb waits for his turn to answer "goals are always important whether they are short term or long term. Especially to athletes, it becomes their spark of motivation. A drive to keep their eyes on the price" or a trophy or a magazine cover.

Haraldur hovered over to the Slytherin. "You're very right, Mr. Dawkins." He nodded. "Athletes find short- and long-term goals very crucial to their success. But the habit of setting up goals for yourself can be applied in many aspects of your life."

Text Cut: Rylee

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Rylee switched from bouncing the heels of her feet to rocking back and forth on her feet. Whatever kept her busy and her attention on the professor. The questions moved on from exercise in general to long term and short term goals. Where they talking about exercise wise or just any type of goal?

Staying active helped with her long term goals, like making starter in Quidditch this term. The more active she was, the longer she was able to train and the more difficult the training became. Each short term goal was a building block to something bigger and better just down the line.

Rylee raised her hand when she was ready to give an answer. "For me, I think that short term goals really help in me wanting to do more than I already am. Pushing myself a little bit harder each time to do something I wasn't able to do the day before, maybe it's run a little faster or a little bit longer. Take out three targets in a row during practice instead of two. It lets me see my progress a little bit more easily." Long term goals were good too and she had several of those as well but they went unmentioned for the moment.

Haraldur hovered over from Caleb to Rylee while he listened to her answer. "Having set goals for yourself already in your second year at Hogwarts is admirable." He said, knowing quite well of her goals from last term to make the Quidditch team. Which she had. "As long as the goals are realistic and attainable, it's a concept that's very useful."

Text Cut: Quinn

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Originally Posted by Callie

Oh, that felt heavenly. Quinn closed her eyes, basking a long moment in the swiftly warming air around her. That was much better. "Thank you, sir."

It was only after she was finally warm in her cone of warmth that she glanced around and noticed Rylee had joined her and Reese. She gave the Rylee a soft smile in greeting, then turned back to the Professor.

And raised a critical eye at the man. Was this really a question? Shouldn't it be quite obvious why setting goals for yourself, in anything, not just exercise, was important? It gave you something to work toward and a time table in which to do so, keeping you on track.

While Quinn generally held a low opinion of how intelligent most humans actually were, even this question seemed a bit too obvious and common sense to require being asked.

Haraldur just gave the girl a smile as she thanked him for his warming charm. The instructor glanced at the group and understood that everyone who wanted to answer his question already had. It was time to move on.

”You’re right, everyone. Setting goals is important, specific and realistic goals.” Haraldur began as he hovered back up in front of the group. ”Actually, goals are so important, you should have one every time you do any form of exercise.” Yes, even every time they turned up for flying class or Quidditch practice. ”Having a goal makes you more focused, motivated and hard working. Which makes mental preparation almost as important as the physical preparation.”

Haraldur hovered back and forth in front of the group, causing snow beneath his broom to swirl around before settling again behind him. ”Professional athletes take the mental training seriously and as our Slytherin Captain already mentioned,” He looked over his shoulder at Skylar here, ”Warming up and stretching is just as important to decrease the risk of injuries.”

He stopped in front of the group and leaned back comfortably on his broom. ”The warm up is usually divided into three parts; general portion, stretching and the specific portion. Where the general portion is to increase body and muscle temperature, heart rate and blood flow with some easy exercises. This is followed by stretching and the specific portion, designed depending on which kind of activity you’re warming up for.” He looked at the group before clapping his gloved hands together once. ”Now, let’s get moving, everyone.” Everyone meant all of them. HE was excused because of old age and a bad knee. But everyone else would start with some warm up.

”I want you all to start with a general warm up which includes 2 laps around the pitch, either on your broom or not.” For some, this was a no-brainer but he knew there were some students who preferred to have their feet on the ground and would rather jog the 2 laps. Which was fine. For now. ”I then want those of you on the ground to jog 1 lap while trying to kick your legs back to kick your own…” Behind. Boot-ay. Derriere. ”Butt.” Yeah, he said it. ”For those of you on your broom, I want you to zig-zag in sharp turns for 1 lap.” He let this sink in for a moment before continuing. ”Once you’re done, I want you all to gather here for some stretches.” Yes? Yes.

The flying instructor brought the horn hanging around his neck up to his lips and a booming sound was heard. Time to mount your brooms!

ooc: Aight, time for a lil’ mini-activity. This will be divided into 2 parts.

Mini-activity 1st part:
- Fly 2 laps around the pitch and 1 lap zig-zagging sharply. Return for a group gathering.
OR;
- Jog 2 laps around the pitch and 1 lap of butt-kick jogging. Return for a group gathering.

All in all you have until Tuesday the 5th of June for the mini-activity, but I’ll post the 2nd part of the activity tomorrow 4th of June at approx 8 pm CET.

Catching up is always allowed.

Let’s get movinnnn’ <3

Haraldur kicked off the ground so he could hover a little bit higher off the ground. Keeping those eeeyes on those stuuudents. But also moving as little as he had to. A little contradictory perhaps. He watched them all return to the starting point, one by one they touched back down on the ground in front of him.

”Alright everyone, nice job.” Once they were all gathered in front of him again, it was time to move on to the second part of the warm up. He knew most of them would be reluctant to dismount once they'd finally got the chance to fly but stretching was important. ”Now that your body temperature is increased, it’s time for some stretches. Everyone quickly dismount your brooms, you’ll need to be on the ground for some of these.”

He waited until they all dismounted. He, on the other hand, was still on his broom. He wasn’t the most limber man to say the least. ”Now, standing on the ground, make a letter T with your body and we’ll start with some arm circles. Keep your arms stretched out to the sides and rotate your arms. 10 circles forward and then 10 circles backward. It helps if you start with smaller circles and work your way to larger ones. Then, you’ll be doing some Bow and Bends.” Easily confused with the Bend and Snap which was totally irrelevant in this context. ”You reach for the ground and then come back up with the hands on your hips and push them forward. Do 10 of these.” The flying instructor leaned back comfortably on his broom. Was it too much to bring out a snack for himself while the kids were exercising? Maybe. Maybe that would be pushing it a bit too much. ”The last stretch is body circles, you stand with your feet wide apart and simply do giant circles with your upper body, 5 in each direction. Once you're done, we'll move on.” Chop-chop!

ooc: Time for the 2nd part of the mini-activity: stretching.

Mini-activity 1st part:
- Fly 2 laps around the pitch and 1 lap zig-zagging sharply. Return for a group gathering.
OR;
- Jog 2 laps around the pitch and 1 lap of butt-kick jogging. Return for a group gathering.

Mini-activity 2nd part:
- Arm Circles, 10 forward + 10 backward
- Bow and Bends - 10
- Body Circles - 5 in each direction (10 total)

You have until tomorrow, the 5th of June at approx 8-9 PM CET. - Giving you another 24 hours for the mini-activity until 6th of June around 10 PM CET.

Catching up is always allowed. ^^