Sixteen. Hmmm... what comes up when you think of it? Nothing earth-shattering, other than freedom on the road for those independence-crazy teens, really, is it? But it is. The best ever for Frontliners Floorball Club ever since... April, believe it or not. What's this all about?
The all-important attendance.
Sixteen people came on Saturday, including Mr. Lin Ken, the 'perky-to-the-point-of-annoying' likeable attention grabber. Familiar faces were there also, best being the love-me-or-hate-me face of Mr. Jason Chan. The court was repopulated once again.
Training started with taekwondo style ball-control where Mr. Jason had the players stand in rows of four and do some basic ball control. Then came the double snake where he insisted there be 'vision' and no recoils. After that there was 'Prison break', then finally 2-on-1s. Throughout the whole drills session Mr. Jason appeared to be hearing impaired as he screamed for the players to respond louder to his words and brought the much-missed noise back to the court.
Drills being over, the players were divided into teams and the games started. For the gentlemen, it was proved that teamwork triumphed over individual skill as the team containing Jason and Kuan Yang lost by a whopping five goal margin to Steven's team. For the girls, however, there was really nothing much to say except that Ms. Koay added to her total goal tally with another brace of goals.
After training Mr. Jason called the team together and urged them to keep up the spirit though Mr. Lin Ken be away, and told them to look up to Kuan Yang and Lin Ken as role models in floorball. Not forgetting to mention that he awarded the title of 'Most improved since last week' to Pei Li, from her performances in the drills and the game. For once in her life she blushed (as Mr. Lin Ken claims, though really, this writer disputes that) when the players applauded.
It is an encouragement to see that the players are back in numbers. It is a step by step improvement with them showing no signs of slowing down. Not much longer until the Frontliners attain the position of top ranked team in Penang? Well...
Let's focus on attendance for next week's training first.
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Hey people! Haha yup i'm still aliiiivvveeee!
I've been reading the entries and it seems clear that the main concern is the attendance. Are u guys starting to miss TC Boy & Co. yet? hehehe.. i promise to go back n make an uproar when i finally go back to penang. can't just let u guys improve without me yeah? i've got lots of catching up to do :)
but then again, well, maybe its just the students are feeling the pressure because the end year exams are close? so i urge the people who've been working hard, not to be disappointed nor discouraged. And hey! don't even think of shutting down Frontliners Floorball yet, not before my return. wahaha..
TeeN
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