Frontliners Training 010907

This week in training the focus was shifted slightly from the basics Mr. Jason has been hankering about for week after week. The drills were slightly varied from the previous trainings, them being more focussed on shots and passes rather than ball control. There was no need for Mr. Jason to reemphasize his no-recoil policy as the players efficiently undertook the drills.

Attendance was encouraging(too much has been said about attendance these past weeks, so let's give it a break) with fourteen people coming for training.

The one new drill held was taken from basketball, as there were three stations for a player to run to, all at different angles in the shooting zone, receive the ball and shoot. It was good training for the senior(not to be equated with old) players, who were expected to receive the ball and shoot, all in one motion, and hit the target, while for the less experienced players, their first priority was to stop the ball properly.

Match time. Divided into groups of three and segregated by gender, the players gave quite a good account of themselves as they played rather solidly. Looks like all that hard work has paid off after all. The teams played without a goalie for a short while when Felicia bravely went for the ball at June's stick and got a little starry-eyed afterwards. Nothing too serious, but credit to Felicia for wanting to get back between the posts as soon as possible.

Only two more weeks until Dalat League begins. Are the players ready? By the looks of it, they are improving vastly under the coaching of Mr. Jason, but are they really ready for the real thing or will they be a disappointment?

Well, technically, there's not much to be disappointed about, seeing that Frontliners Floorball Club aren't really in the top rankings of clubs in Penang (okay, bottom, then) based on their recent performance in the Penang Open Challenge, but, hey, that was in May. It's September now. Three months of nothing but steady improvement.

Still, it's not for this writer to say; it's the players themselves who'll decide who stands and who falls.