Impossible IS Something, Sometimes

In a time when most clubs would have less players due to exams, Frontliners Floorball Club had a relatively good record of 21 people coming for training last Saturday. There was one new face: Jeffery Lim, though some originally mistook him for Jason Lim as the younger brother wore the exact same shirt Jason wears.

Kuan Yang led the players in warm-up then set the seniors on passing drills, stressing that

1. No first-timers allowed.
2. Look up!
3. Pass to forehand.

In that order. The juniors did ball-control drills with Coach Jason supervising.

Training continued with some more passing as the goalposts somehow contrived to go missing that day, and the club had to settle with two benches for one goal. The goalkeepers, Bryan and Soon Khai, did some movement and catching drills in one corner.

The juniors and seniors then combined to do a circuit drill involving shots, passes, spin-offs and flips.

"Front flip or backflip?" asked Adrian.

"Forehand flip!" came the curt reply from Kuan Yang.

Having made sure each player had four goes already, Kuan Yang then called for match time. With no goalies, the juniors had to shoot the ball through the top bench to score, and the seniors had to knock off either one of the two tiny cones balanced on the top bench to score.

Talk about ketidakadilan yang melampau.

However, the impossible did happen when Kenny smashed off a cone from a rebound after good work by Su Rong. What was more impressive, however, was newcomer Jeffery's speed and willingness to run, intercepting more than one ball in his attacking half. What was even more impressive? The new sticks Coach Jason brought that came in all shapes and sizes: from killer waves to crazy curves and to literal holes-in-shaft.

Coach Jason then called match-time to a close and the players lined up for the customary... complimentary ice cream provided by the wonderful Coach.

No such luck. As always for the past few weeks, the players did three rounds of killers.

One can always dream:)