Training: Normally Awesome!

17 Frontliners looking smart in black as the new rule was passed: Wear the shirt or gimme twenty. Last training, Frontliners Floorball Club welcomed back a host of players missing from exams/uni and work commitments. The two below are Sanjeevan (spot the ball!) and Sharron Tan, national goalie.
As Jason was unavailable, Kuan Yang took over training, seen below in his super-gaya look (note: he was not posing for the camera!) and amazing stick colour combination, whilst Pei Li took over with the juniors.

Sonia (above), displaying her new stick with pride as she finally could stand up tall with a longer stick, during passing as warm-up. In the midst of warm-up, Kuan Yang was shuffling up and down the court, placing cones, garbage bins and benches everywhere. He then called the players together and announced......(you know the game you played when you were still kids, the so-called newspaper snowball fights?) Seven warriors, seven sticks and eight balls each side. Toss the balls over the benches, keep them out of your zone, and you win!

Awesome innovation!

The players enjoyed themselves thoroughly, slicing one ball up only for it to hit the bench and rebound. Every once in a while a ball would finally cross over... and when the first round ended, it was all square. The second round was for a minute only, and the players lobbed and shot and tried to airhook the balls over. Kuan Yang rang the bell for the end of the war and counted... eight balls on one side, therefore eight balls on the other...

Apparently not. One ball had very mysteriously disappeared...

Who knows? The club could do a spot-the-ball contest in the picture below to find it...
Back to business, however, and enter goalie Soon Khai with a proper helmet this time and fluorescent orange shoes. The players started off slow but quickly picked up the pace, however, while technique was lacking, enthusiasm certainly wasn't!
Kuan Yang then separated the seniors and the juniors. With the seniors, he did some drills he taught them the week before like Figure Eight and Short Circuit. The juniors mostly practiced on shooting and movement.

Game in no time, Kuan Yang shooing everyone out of the court to simulate real line changes. Not used to it, players would sometimes hop out at whichever side they were closest to and also take too long in changing, enabling the opposing team to score a simple goal.

It was midway through game time that Mikey arrived straight from school just to play in the last half hour. Sanjeevan made his presence felt with another trademark rocket from half-court, proving his touch has not deserted him.
Later after training ended Sharron gave Soon Khai some goalie tips to use in the future.

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...waiting with bated breath to see what other awesome things the coaches will come up with next training. See you there!