Hi, guys. It's been a long time.
What I've been thinking recently is that an accumulation of a conversation is the only way to build up an interpersonal communication, in particular, I think you should bear it in mind with full of awareness if you were in a foreigh country. It's because the people you face in a foreigh country are totally different to the people you've grown up with. They have different race, personality, language and way of thinking.
In my football team, there are a variety of players in race. As a matter of course, the majority is whites. You can see some blacks and asians in every team's squad, but it's not still a big number.
Basically, they usually tend to be in their own group to kick a ball around before every training starts. I mean, they want to be with their friends who have the same race. But what you should do in this kind of situation is to find the courage to get into the group, and trying to shake down. If you can keep doing this both on and off the pitch with decent football skills as a footballer, you will be able to be loved by most of the team-mates so quickly. But it's not that easier than it sounds like.
A communication with your coach is very important as well. If you have something you want to talk to the coach about a game or something else, I strongly recommend you make a move. The worst thing is that you get misunderstood without saying anything. They are not the people you have known since before. Bear in mind that you could get everything messed up more easily than you think in a foreigh country.
お久しぶりです。
最近思うのは、やっぱり人と人とは会話が一番分かり合える手段なんだなということ。当たり前ですが、日本人同士だとなんとなく会話せずとも感じられることが、異国人同士だと伝わらなかったり、誤解されたりしてしまう。特に白人とはね。
チームでは大部分を占める白人選手。黒人やブラウン系の人種、アジア人もいるにはいるけど、やっぱり白人が多い。彼らはよくその人種でグループになってつるむことが多いけど、そこを割って入っていく勇気もまた必要。逆に中途半端な英語より、あんまり話せない方が、がむしゃらで案外受け入れられたりしたりもする。からかわれているのと紙一重かもしれないけど。
そして何より、サッカーに対して彼らに「こいつは本気やな」と思わせること。指示にしても、試合中、試合前、ハーフタイムなど気づいたことをしっかり相手に伝える。その伝える語学力がなくても、紙に書いてでも伝えようとする姿勢が、彼らを本気の意思疎通ができる一番、そして唯一の方法だと最近改めて思う。
監督にも、起用法、戦術に意見があれば、個人的に話しにいくことも大事。もしかしたらそれがマイナスに作用することがあるかもしれないが、自分が納得できる説明があれば次に生かせる。一番いけないのは、言いたいことがある、疑問があるのに何も言わずに指をくわえて「イエスマン」になってしまうこと。
すべては自己主張。コミュニケーションとは自己主張そのものですね。