Zachary Garfinkel

I would drive to multiple different job sites and would have a list of tasks to complete, dig out area for plumbing, set up shelves, remove nails and screws, sweep, clean job site for house tours etc.

I worked with two teams, one was ages 4-6 and the other was 6-8, we would meet three times a week, twice for practice and once for a game. my job was to teach the fundamentals of baseball and to help the kids learn life skills like dealing with a loss in a mature way and how to win without putting the opposing team down.

• I worked as a junior ski instructor for the 2022-2023 season, where I developed my skills as both a skier and a coach.
• During the 2022-2023 season, I learned to be a more patient and understanding person. Through the experiences I had during the season, I was able to develop a passion for coaching and helping others, while also expanding on a hobby that I have had since I was in grade school.
• During the 2023-2024 season, I worked as a substitute instructor, which meant I was with multiple groups throughout the season. With this experience, I was able to evolve my coaching methods and was able to tweak the lessons I was using for less advanced skiers into more advanced drills for skiers that had more experience.

• Unified Sports was a program at my school where I would help classmates who lived with a variety of disabilities in gym class.
• Through this class, I expanded my knowledge of coaching and helping others while also finding new ways to be patient and understanding.

I was a Talent Spotter during the Montana State football games, similar to when I was first in ten spotter, I am in. the press box. My job for talent spotter is to study both the home and opposing teams before the game and be able to quickly and quickly hand the either Ben Creighton or Ty Gregorak, who will use the information in the broadcast. I also need to keep track of who tackles who and where and how far the ball is ran/thrown.

• My job required an intense level of focus and accuracy while under extreme pressure.
• As the first in the ten-spotter, my job was to see how far the ball went after each play, how far away they were from a first down, and what down it was.
• The entire game, I am on call with the studio. When I call a yard, the technician puts the blue and yellow lines onto the broadcast, which makes the experience extremely high-pressure and stressful. However, it was an overall incredible experience, and I plan on continuing this throughout my college career.

• Adams camp is a sleep away summer camp for people of all ages living with disabilities, I worked from Sunday to the following Friday two years now and it has been a life changing experience
• Both weeks I worked at Adams camp, I worked with adults, which is a lot different from what I am used to, but it is equally as rewarding.
• During the camp, we do several activities that are very intimidating for the campers like white water rafting, high ropes corse, alpine slide, etc, so naturally a lot of the campers are terrified of some of the experiences, I have learned how to deescalate these negative emotions and redirect negative thoughts to positive ones in order for the campers to feel more comfortable and confident when there panicked or stressed.

• I played lacrosse for all four years of high school; I started my freshman year with little to no knowledge of the sport and through the years I adapted what my coaches taught me and advanced through the teams, and eventually made it to varsity my senior year.
• through this experience I learned perseverance and being able to adapt to something completely foreign and being able to commit myself to something that truly terrified me and I ended up thriving.

• 2-4-1 is a sports camp for kids ages 6-13, where each camper gets to participate in a variety of different sports.
• Despite it being my first time playing some of the sports and struggling to coach games that I had never heard of, I was able to connect the new games to sports and activities that I had participated in throughout my life.
• the following ski season I was able to use my experience in 2-4-1 to develop drills to work on with my team.

• I started with NSCD because I wanted to help others and to see if being a ski instructor was for me, during my time with NSCD I learned a lot about coaching, skiing, volunteering and myself; I found that helping others is what I am meant to do and if I can spread my knowledge about skiing with others of all abilities I will not only become a better skier but it would help me evolve into a better person.