Rock On!

Everybody raise their hands in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care, cause floorball is back and rockin' the world!

Training officially resumed, and it was a record nine players who made it there before 9 am. Another twelve players more or less trickled in sooner or later, the last being the adorable Por Kai Yann to make it twenty-one players altogether.

There were eight new faces, three being technicians (Terrence, Seow Kar Liang, Wong Yi-Wen) and the rest being players (Loga, Christopher Tan, Lauren, Lavinia Ann Lam, Julian). It was also good to see many of the older players still coming, although those notably missed were Joshua and Mekananth.

Training started with the coach leading the warmup, and, drawing from his experience during APAC 2007, introducing the Japanese Snake. JediMaster Kuan Yang then took the newer players to one half and started them on basic ball control, while Coach Jason took the experienced players to the other side and gave them a lesson on tactics.

After the tactics lesson was a pass-run-pass-shoot drill, and the one-month break showed some very obvious effects when the players started making very elementary mistakes that should never be made. Apparently fed up, the coach called the players together and delivered a harsh lecture on how much they actually desired to play.

Challenged and fuming, the players finally pulled their act together and scored a few times past National No. 1 Kao Lin Ken, although, according to him, not enough. Seemingly misses Kuan Yang.

Match time.

First session was 3v3, ladiesvladies and guysvguys. Everyone had fun playing, and another moment of entertainment was provided when Koay Yi Lin, the lady of all sorrows, fell headlong and hit her head on the pillar at the side. She lay there, facedown, for half a minute, and everyone, especially Pei Li, who was wrestling with her for the ball just a few moments earlier, had both amuse and concern on their faces.

At long last, Kuan Yang and Coach Jason went over and helped her up. She appeared fine at the moment, but sad to say, she did not play for the rest of training and instead sat miserably at the corner, watching.

Second session, the serious session, was played with full teams, mixed, and few goals came out of it, although the new players, especially Julian, showed much potential.

For the first time ever, the players actually could focus on training without having to go search for runaway balls, all thanks to the technical crew, who also took pictures, videos, and disassembled the goals.

All achievements start with desire. The players have shown plenty of desire and promise, and with commitment to top it all off, Frontliners Floorball Club will be well prepared to go all the way this year. Rock on!