Hi B boys,
As much as i wanted you guys to win, i thought yesterday's match was a good wake up call to most of you. I do not want to repeat what mistakes we make, but just rememeber to learn from the mistakes, and treat it as a motivation to get you up and going again.
Yesterday's match triggered me to tell an old fable.. (ok..the ah-ma story again)
N years ago, a girl participated in a taekwondo tournament thinking that she would win the compeition because she was overly confident of herself and people kept telling her she would win. So, she went inside, din perform up to her standards and lost badly in the first round. This incident shook her really badly. But after that lesson, she became humble and train harder than anybody else. She succeeded in numerous competitions later and also learn from better competitors who won her.
Hey guys, the girl did not even have one chance because in taekwondo, its a knockout system. So, with the last chance on monday, i really hope you can put in your best effort without any regrets! Even if lost (choy), live to tell people you have already done your best!
Well, the teachers and coach can only do so much, what matters is how the SENGKANG team perform on Monday.
Here are a few things that i feel we need to beef up on:
1) fearless like what mdm tan say. Overcome your fears of physically aggressive opponents. Not easy i know. OVERCOME OVERCOME OVERCOME!
2) DEFENCE - JU SHOU! my favourite phrase! Stop them from making any shots, deny them any chance of passing. KIAP them when they drive pass you. Run faster to stop them when they are doing fast breaks. Do anything to stop them from scoring! Stop watching the damn show! Wake up your ideas!!!
3) Support your team mates instead of scolding them. give them encouragement! We all make mistakes, most important you play harder when you make a bad pass, a bad layup etc. But of cos, minimize your mistakes on monday!
4) Be more active during offense. Ask for the ball. Help your team mates. Shake off your defender . How u expect to get the ball if your stand behind the defender?!!
Okie, thats all from me! It's all up to u on Monday! All the best !
miss sem