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Friday, January 20, 2006

hmm.. its been long since somebody updated this blog.. so i am here to start things going again.. first of all, let us put our well wishes and heart together.. this time for gopal.. as u guys knw tht he is unwell and we all wish him a speedy recovery and be back in sch again..

nxt, everyone, please take care of yourselves.. a team is nt a proper team with the absence of some players.. be it u are a keeper, a defender, a midfield or a forward, everyone is vital to the team.. everyone is equally impt.. no one is more impt than the others.. thts why its called a TEAM..

well.. i am glad to sae tht the team is working together well again.. everyone trust each other.. and 1 very impt thing is tht everyone must believe in themselves as well as in ur fellow team-mates.. u want to make the A division medals and thropies in ur hands, then STRIVE FOR IT!!

guys.. well wishes in wateva we do.. some of us have club matches.. be it in the same club or different club, gd luck in ur games and reach ur goals.. i am sure everyone has their goals.. short term, long term doesn't matter.. as long u have a goal, u must reach it.. onli then u can tell ppl proudly tht u made a remarkable achievement.. u live up to ur name, u live up to urself.. there is no such things as unrealistic goals.. perhaps maybe in the very near future it is nt possible to reach it.. but then when u are older, it will be possible.. its how much u want it and how much effort u are gonna put in it to reach it.. rmb.. goals!!

eLsOn

MI Hockey Team 10:09 PM
// the PASSION

Saturday, January 14, 2006

guys.. here's ur cb.. here to do a "team-talk" on yesterday training... ok, 1st of all.. i apologize for losing my cool yesterday... now.. let me tell u ppl why i am so pissed off... taking 16.. we dun need to shout here and there... we juz need to 'eye'-contact.. DUN tell me where to pass when i am about to hit the ball.. it actually divert my attention.. u guys saw it.. i miss-hit once... why? becuz when i was abt to hit the ball.. kaiyee call me.. natural reaction is to look at him.. and i miss the ball.. and the ball flew up.. u ppl should know defence is an impt part of a team.. in fact.. all position are important.. u ppl if u wan to call for the ball.. make sure u can control it.. no use calling and calling and u lose it when we give u e ball.. 2nd of all.. Pls open up when i taking e 16.... and ppl.. pls look where am i before u call for the ball.. how coach manage to score the goal.. it is not becuz i miss-pass the ball.. it is becuz i am on the left side of the field.. and ppl on the far right are calling it.. so.. i made e pass.. u ppl wan the ball.. nv think where is the best option for me.. i'm right @ the back.. obviously i can see where is the open space.. u guys are on top.. u should see who is standing in ur way.. pls... run and make space for urself..3rd.. mid-field.. if the ball is too hard..dun stop it.. let it go all the way up.. if u can't stop it.. obviously other ppl near u won't be able to...it is becuz if u stop..and u miss the stop.. u r actually helping the opponent.. so.. why not let them stop and u intercept when they make the mistakes.... that's wad i gonna say.. if anyone not happi wif my comment.. pls come to me..

ur cb..

MI Hockey Team 2:59 PM
// the PASSION

Saturday, January 07, 2006

Hi guys,

I was plannin to hold a meeting to discuss a matter that has been troubling me for very long, but I thought that not many ppl would be interested to listen to my speech, coz it wuld be long and all. Therefore, i have decided to post it here anyway, hoping that all our team mates would read and think abt wat i'm gona say. This is gona be a long post yea, so i tell u'll 1st. So yea, if u are ready, lets begin

Guys, i have been thinking lately abt our team on how will we flair in the 'A' division. The thing is, we all want to be champions and all, but are we doing wat it takes to be on, are we training and playing like champions..... ask urself these qns. You'll want to be champions rite, so wat u gona do to be one. Listen carefully, its no point if one or two juz want to win the championship, its the whole team, its a team effort, each and everyone of us. So wat's ur choice, really. Mind you, its not easy to be champions, coz there is alot of time, commitment and sacrifices to be made. Its also no point at all, if u'll agree tat u'll want to be champions and juz train as per normal, NO, its not enuff. Really.... U see, other JCs, most of their players have alr been playing in secondary schs, and they have the experience and all, and their basics are there. But, WE, we are a special team, we start frm scratch, and learn from the very beginning of how to play hockey. Thus, do you see that we have to train many times more than them, if order to match their skills and all.... Can u see the link? So think abt it.

Let me share wif u my experience... when i was in Primary 6, i joined hockey and became the captain of the team, and my aim was to become champions... In fact, the whole team wanted to become champions, but we all knew it was gona be very difficult, coz there are other schs like St Andrews pri, Xishan pri, Si Ling pri, and other schs that are the powerhouse... in those schs, ppl start playing frm pri 3-4 onwards, and here we are juz joining hockey, and learning how to play. And wat more, our sch has juz started hockey, and we are the 1st badge to be in the CCA in our sch. And it was everyone dream to get the championship, so my teammates decided that we shuld work very hard to achieve the championship. So wat did we do? We made sacrifices, all of us, after sch, straight ran to the basketball court and started training.. Our basketball court is worse than MI basketball court, the ground was very very rough, and we nvr had a chance to train at the hockey pitch. Everytime we train on our fitness, basics and all, we have nvr seen the hockey pitch before... have nvr even had the chance to step on the hockey pitch before, until on the day of our tournament. So we also were crazy enuff to play hockey on our school field, that was very big, something like the size of a soccer field. We train every single day, except for saturday and sunday, those were our rest days. Mind you, the trainings we all did were tough, we did many long runs, punishments doing push-ups and all.... but we all had fun coz we all knew that we would be able to win the championship but it was really physically tiring, wat more, there were ppl in my team who were the oversize, and they suffered alot, but they nvr gave up, we motivated each other. These trainings happen for abt 4 months, everyday we trained and all.

Come to the tournament, we were all very excitied, as tat was the first time we saw the hockey pitch, and we were all sooo happy to see the sprinklers, the goal post, the D and all, coz we have nvr seen one before. We played hard and nvr gave up... We became the District Champions, and all of us were very proud of ourselves, our trainings, hard work, time, commitment, and effort all were well rewarded with the championship.... But it didnt end there... coz we were then selected to play for the National championship... In fact, we were all shocked, coz we thought it was all over alr, didnt noe got another tournament. One match i cannot forgot was when we vs Si Ling, they were all big size and were all very skillfull, its like every year, its either xishan pri or si ling to win the championship, its like a compulsory thing for them to meet in the finals. But we nvr gave up, the whole time, they were attacking, we were all very tired too, but we gave our best, although we were panting like dogs, we kept on tiring... The whole game my goalkeeper and defenders were kept busy, even our skrikers came to the D and defend, all 11 were in the D defending... Our goalkeeper really played very well, he made plenty of saves, he was also scared until he urined in his ball guard.... that was how scared he was coz he did not want them to score, and we all, played very hard, and supported each other.. Then one counter attack we had, and in fact, the only attack we had in the game, we manage to score the goal, that was the happiest moment in our team. We won the game and went to the semi's, there we vs xishan pri, and they were really good, and we were no match to them, as they were all like national players. We played hard, but we lost 4-0, but we knew we did our best, so tat was wat we wanted, and the whole stadium cheered for us and respected us, as we kept on fighting. Even the opponent supporters, coach, players all praised us. We got 4th in the tournament after losing to Mayflower in the 3rd and 4th placing round... we lost by penalities... but we were all happy tat we came this far... as we nvr expected to do so, as it was our 1st time too.

The reason for sharing wif u'll my story is because, i want u'll to see and noe how much it takes and means to my pri sch team to win the championship. They were really hungry to do better aft each training, and u can say they were all mad abt training, but one thing, they all made the sacrifices, time, commitment and effort to win the tournament... So nw, its up to u, do u want to be like them, do u want to be champions, do u want to train and become champions, its all in ur hands guys... the more input u put in, the larger output u get, so wat do u want? And mind u, its not easy, i totally agree, but it can be done... its juz tat are u'll willing to make the sacrifices, u'll can say, "ayiah, still early la, no need to train until like tat la" or " i got A levels this yr, got other commitments outside, got lots of homework, got to meet my gf, got tis got tat". Guys, if u'll want to be champions, u'll muz start early, and i dun deny we all got our own personal life, got this and tat, but its all how much u want to win the championship da... So its up to u, i have said enuff... I want to noe ur responese and choices, and comments... I duno how many ppl are readying this post, but i really hope all of our teammates are reading this.... See u'll in sch on monday, tkcr!

Regards
Gopal

MI Hockey Team 12:40 PM
// the PASSION

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Hi guys,

The jerserys are ready for collection and we will be collecting them tmr after sch, those who have not paid for the jerserys, pls do so by tmr, those got difficulty, inform me asap.... There is no training tmr as the orientation is going on, and ms watee doesnt want to have any trainings this week. So yea... Those who want to follow us collect ur jerserys tmr, pls let elson noe. tks!

Ok guys, i have come out with a new plan and would like everyone to participate in it. I believe that we should not juz be together on the pitch but also, outside the pitch. Therefore, i am planning to make saturday morning to afternoon a very special one. I would like everyone to come to school wif their studying materials at 10am, we would be studying for 3hrs and after tat we play some soccer and go for lunch. Guys, i really hope u'll take this seriously because we muz help each other in any way we could, both in and out the pitch. Explain to ur parents that we are studying and all, i hope they allow u'll to come. Furthermore, we really need to do well in our studies so tat no one would complain tat we are not studying and all tat yea, so this i hope wuld ensure that we would study and get better grades. I strongly hope everyone supports the idea, and guys, study means really study, and play means really play ah guys! Tks, see u'll tmr, chao!

The one and only
Gopal

MI Hockey Team 7:59 PM
// the PASSION