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Title: There's no "I" in TEAM
Sharron here.
The title is there to remind us that we are a team, no matter what.
I rmb my first soccer training. I had mixed feelings when i was walking towards the P.E. porch, Is it gonna be fun? Am i gonna be scruntinised? Is that Coach gonna notice me? Will he eat me up? Are the people nice? Am i going to enjoy this?
True enough, all these questions were all answered in my very first soccer training. It was fun, he noticed, he was patient and he din eat me up. The people were far from unfriendly, they helped, they talked and motivate. A very determined bunch.
That day i left the field, motivated and i only had this in my head.
" Damn! I'm so gonna join this cca!" Why?
"Great coach, great people, what's more to ask?"
Then in one of the subsequent trainings, coach talked to us about soccer.
He mentioned that it takes GUTS for a girl to join soccer. Because soccer is no joke, it's a contact sport, it's physically and mentally more demanding then many other sports.
It pushes you to the limit, it makes you shit ass tired after every training and match because you work with almost every muscle group in your body.
Seriously, not every girl will join soccer after hearing these things.
Then he mentioned that soccer is really one of the few sports in the world that builds on teamwork, the bonding in the team which plays soccer is always very strong. Why? Coz we work together and suffer together during training and during match. And the level of satisfaction you gain when you succeed is beyond description, the feeling will be beyond euphoric.
He ends by saying that he respects each of us girls who joins soccer. That he is thankful and he WILL put in 120% to train us up, to make us improve. The exact words were,
" I can't make you a star, but i can make you a decent soccer player. But we all have to work hard together to succeed"
So soccerettes( including me), can you see and feel how passionate coach is and always will be about soccer? I can, because i walked out of school that day not regretting my decision to join soccer.
But the main thing is, this feeling, it fades, it goes away.
I'm sure we all feel like hell after everyone of those debriefs coach gives. But that feeling, it fades and before you know it, you'll be back to normal, half forgetting what he said the training before.
Have you all realized that he has stopped saying all these? Come on gals, if we keep letting our feelings fade and not giving our all, it's only a matter of time his determination fades. And when that happens, there's nothing we can all pretty much do, or salvage.
Remember, there's no "I" in Team. To succeed, it takes all. So work harder, put in our very damn best, kick ass during training. Bring back coach's determination, make him smile more again and who knows, we'll all be able to improve, to kick ass, to become a decent soccer player.
Sharron signing off
Yupps, Iezah here.
Referring to Sze Ting's post from below, I would like to express my view, I'm sorry if this hurts anyone's feelings, but I personally feel, that yes, it's true.
Mere excuses are not helping much. And I must admit that, it's difficult, yes. Every training is. And of course, frankly speaking, if I'm given the chance to escape training, I will. But come to think of it, what's the use of us doing such things. Wouldn't it be easier if I quit this CCA and get everything done and over with? Training is an integral part of our CCA, and therefore, what you have signed up for, is what you get.
So now, I don't see why that effort isn't being put in. I do admit, I'm not at all perfect. As a living, breathing homo sapien, to be specific, a girl, I do admit that the thought of training makes me go "ARGH, training.....". Even so, I do try to make that effort, to attend training sessions. And those days when we have no trainings, I'll join the self training sessions, which I believe is a big disappointment on it's own. Attendance is barely half, and you call us, a team?
It's hard girls, it really is. Sickness, is unavoidable, but there's no harm in attending, really. Give it your all. It's tough, the seniors have been there, done that. And look, they survived. We've ran half way through the marathon, and it's a waste giving up now when there are only a few more laps to go. All we have to do is just, sprint.
Thank you Sze Ting, for bringing it up.
And thank you, Sze Ting's "enlightener".
It's time for us to wake up, everyone including mi. A division is only 3 month away, and we are still slacking. We are the ones who choose this CCA, nobody force us to join anyway. Since we choose this road, we have to put in the effort. Has anyone of us put in our 100% that we had promised coach during the training. None of us did! I m not trying to pinpoint anyone here, all of us had the same mistake. There are always people who are not around for training, but there are always reasons to y u all cannot come for trng. If we really have the heart to train hard, even if we are sick we still can go for trng. When u are down with flu or cough, u still can come for trng and do something light. We should come for every trng, if u have any lesson or anything else change it to another day or another time slot. we only train for 2 days per week and at the most only 4hrs per trng, which is not enough.When coach is not around, there will still be self training, everytime when there is self trng the attendence drops, sometimes i really hate to think that the reasons for not coming are excuses. An excuse is worse than a lie, for an excuse is a lie, guarded. We shouldnt be happy when there 's no trng. Everyone single one of us should reflect on ourselves, including mi.We train for our own good, we hope to achieve something in our jc life. I dont think anyone of us wants to lose. We shouldnt disappoint coach or miss lim. Coach is only paid 2 hrs every trng and he really put in 100% or more to coach us, none of us wants to disappoint coach. Coach is onli disappointed in us when we din put in enough effort during trng and in matches. We train as a team, so we jus fight as a team next year. I really hope that everyone will get into the team next year, everyone has to work hard. All of us felt really sad and we are really motivated everytime during coach's debrief, but none of us really show it with action. We seems to forget it the next trng. At times i really felt that the team this year is a disappointment, can we really call ourself a team?. A simple thing such as a relay, things cork up.As the captain of the team, i played a big role and yet i let this to happen, i apologise here. From this moment onward, i hope all 20 of us really change our mindset and put in 100% in trng. WE CAN DO IT! -Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. - Trng will still be on this wed and fri. 3.30 pm, blue tee on wed and yellow tee on fri. PUNCTUAL!Bring boots. As for the notice board and street soccer shoes we change it to Thurs.WATCH THESE!p.s. Thanks to that someone who has enlightened mi. Pls blog abt ur views.-szeting-
TEAM PHOTOS!!!
11:15 PM
FORMAL SHOT
BX 's favourite pose with jam standing up...
Informal shot ( some people din close theirs legs properly)
WARNING2 photos below are not for children under 17.( creator: sharron).JPG)
p.s. sorry garf, i think its funny so we should share it with the team... heheLook at the video, i didnt know jam's eye balls is so ....SHocked?!Look at jia en acting cute and jam is jealous when attention is diverted to jia en.
Prisoner "7" : Jamuna
Jia en still got the mood to comb her hair when she is being lock inside...1. Next wed and fri there will be no trng as coach is away in thailand.2. However, we shall come back to school to decorate our notice board and we can have games among ourself on wed.3.As for Fri, we will be gng to queensway to search for street soccer shoes and xian wen to find her boots. ANY ONE interested in buying street soccer shoes, pls inform mi.. we can buy together :D Coach, bon voyage. Lastly,....
Chalet7- 9 jan 2009
tanah merah safra
pls make urself available :PTake care everyone, we onli have a few months left b4 A division next year. Jus hang in there, and i really hope that everyone try their best to come for trng. There 's not even one trng will full attendence, so everyone pls stay healthy and strong :)Dribble. Strike. GOALszeting signing off... :P
SO HERE I AM AGAIN POSTING.
SOMEONE owes me TEN BUCKS OKAY.
It was raining again today, with that non-stop beeping, from yours truly, the lightning warning system. There wasn't any field training today. We lugged the equipments all the way up to the grandstand, where coach prepared three stations for us. The first one was making use of that flexible band which you looped around your waist, and pull yourself forward to touch markers. It was definitely tough, because all you felt was this pulling back sensation, and our dearest Jia En even succumbed to that, and fell backwards. HOHO!
The second station was using this ladder. We did various footwork with it and because of that, we obtained blisters. Sze Ting's one was best. Big, and PEELING. TEN BUCKS. It was also partly due to lousy socks. But I personally feel that the footwork was fun. It was like dancing, and we had an insight to Vani and Jam's Indian Boogeying Culture. It was a bit tricky too, but once you get the hang of it, it was really very fun to execute.
The third station was where everyone evolved into their various animal forms. Presenting, the hamster la, squirrel la, weird creatures. But there were 5 markers, and we had to run around them according to the figure 8. It really made me dizzy and it was slippery too, so everyone had to watch their step. Coach then added a ball in which we dribbled around the markers using our in step and out step.
Everyone had a taste of the three stations, and it was quite exhausting, but manageable. NOT FORGETTING, THE SENIORS CAME DOWN TOO! Okay, sorry, but yes, it had been some time since we last saw them. And yes, CONGRATULATIONS! to those who have already completed their A Levels (: For the remaining others, JIA YOU! Thank you seniors, for coming down.
We then ended our training with 5 sets of push ups, and 5 sets of sit ups. Coach really knows how to "cure" our upper abdominal muscle cramps. I think we are all developing six pecs below our boobies. Hopefully.
YEARGH!
Rest well, Soccerettes (:
And Iezah bids farewell, till the next post.
9:51 PM
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S ME AGAIN, HUISHAN :D
haha.. yday was a rather disappointing day:( we were supposed to have a match with overseas family school. everyone who reached changed into boots but not to wear shin guards n tie shoe laces.. so, we did as told. we started warming up. then, the wind started to blow the dark clouds to our 'territory'.. disappointment sia.. anw, lightning alert sounded and we had to stop our activities. everyone sat down and talked crap. everyone really really hoped that the dark clouds would go away and the lightning alert would stop..
then, the overseas family school's 'manager-coach' came over for a talk with coach. we were told that if the alert doesnt stop by 5:20, we would have to postpone it. then, 5:20 came... the 'manager-coach' came again and said we have to postpone it. coach asked if we could have it on this friday. the 'manager-coach' said that it would be too short time for him to inform the players' parents. so, we would have it next week.
coach said that their players had trained for only a very short time, hope this could be an advantage for us.. anyway just play hard and nv give up. just lik wat coach said, no matter who is leading, just play our hardest!
so, the match was postponed, wat's next?! PHYSICAL!! initially we were goin to do some skipping. but in the end, we only managed to find 1 skipping rope... -.-''' so, we did some other things.
first, we started with sit-ups and push-ups. 40 sit-ups in a minute for 3 sets(initially was 4 sets). then was 35 push-ups a minute(which was reduced to 30, then 25). after that, we did runnig on the spot and kicking our legs over our partner's head(sorry, i don noe how to descirbe the exercise:p) the last thing we did was jumping over each other. don noe how many ppl sat on me!!! haha! anw, it was fun:)
training ended with some chit-chat with coach.. and the lightning alert din stop even until we left! anw, just hope that the stupid lightning alert will not sound again when we have any matches..
jiayou everybody!! -huishan:)
10:50 AM
It was a freakingly burning, hot weather yesterday.
We can even see heat waves emitting from the ground, and I guess that partly contributed to our performance during training.
Everyone was easily exhausted and dizzy due to the intense heat.
Coach was very understanding and gave us frequent water breaks.
He was even kind enough as to not let me be keeper for the earlier part of the training session due to the weather condition.
When it was much cooler, I was keeper again.
Thank you, Coach.
We did a lot of shooting mostly, for the first part of the session, and we then did dribbling for the later part.
It was fun having to join the girls for their usual shooting drills seeing that I was always upfront catching their balls, and I really appreciate the experience.
Even though my balls mostly flew everywhere except into the goalpost. Heh.
Dribbling was tricky too, even though it was the basics, but everyone put in their best effort and we had fun (:
The girls then practiced defending and attacking, gameplay on field.
It was tiring for them to have to run all over the field, but standing at the goalpost, I can clearly see that everyone tried their best, and it made me proud.
Training ended early at about 6:30pm after a few ball handling skills.
Do recover soon everyone, and take lots of rest, okay!
^.^
And Iezah wraps up yesterday's training.
