Training was decidedly unusual and abnormal this week, for a change; not because of the drills, thrills or... (frills?) accidents (Yi Lin has blessedly stayed injury-free), but because of numbers. Yes, it is all about the numbers, and 24 (think Kiefer Sutherland) was the number of people that turned up for training.
Seventeen and seven new faces (Durga+Marlina+Amelia+Sachin+Nicholas+Kenny+Adrian=1 very happy coach) signalled the start of something new (how cliched...), post-Penang League 08. No goalkeepers today, however, must have been their day off.
"We've worked on our basic controls, dribbling and shooting, and at this period we're gonna work on our passing, because to play as a team we need to pass." (Coach Jason)
The players did exactly that, after Technical Advisor Kuan Yang took the new players through a crash floorball course, then after a while, Coach Jason took the more senior ones to the side and invented a more motivational way to get the players to pass and trap the ball properly: A Passing Competition.
The pair that completed the most passes one-way would get... congratulations and applause, and the pair with the least amount would get 5 push-ups each, and then applause. Interestingly enough, two out of three times, the pairing of Serene Tan and Tania Loke was the one with the least number of passes (ironical misfortune).
Still separate from the juniors, the players did the basic Xbox drill, although they took some time to catch on to it. Nevermind, Practice Makes Excellent (astutely quoted by Yi Lin).
The juniors impressed very much during the practice match (Kuan Yang must be getting better and better at coaching), although there was more fluidity and composure in the seniors. And, yes, there were goals involved this time.
After training, the coach introduced contracts to all the seniors present, demanding their commitment and support, in return for 'first-class treatment and coaching, and full commitment to their development as a player', which would effectually bind them to Frontliners Floorball Club until Penang League 2009 ends.
Different is good. Different is interesting. Different is what Frontliners Floorball Club wants to be.
1 comment:
it was definitely the qualities of the players, not the coach. hehe. they are really an impressive bunch. thats a fact.
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