In 2010, we have a new coach Mr Ku. He helps Mr Teo to coach our girls. He is nice!!!!
Oh yeah!!!!! We made into the National!!!!!!!!
Only the first 4 winning teams get to represent North zone to play in the National, we get the second place in North Zone!!!
The first team we met into was Yio Chu Kang Primary School. The game was held in Woodlands Pri on 21-01-2010. We won this very first match and indeed it gave us lots of confidence and make us believe that we are able to go further.
The second match was with Woodlands Primary School which held on 27-01-2010. Sweetie Farah and Cutie Khadijah were sick and couldn't attend the match. The players were slightly affected by this and they were not used to the new formation with the reserves. They are nervous and are frightened by our strong opponent Woodlands Pri, the winner of North Zone last year.
Farah's mother, Mdm Shikin even sms me and told me that Farah was so upset and cried for not able to play the match with her team mates. Poor thing ~~~
Although we lost the game, the girls get closer and are not blaming each other in their play.
Why we lost the match?
Quote from our dearest adviser, Mr Yaidi (:P),"It is okay for us to lose to a team but it is not okay for us to lose to a school." To simplify, he means that we have a perception that Woodlands Pri is very strong, so the players started to feel that without Farah and Khadijah, for sure we will not be able to perform like normal. Furthermore, our opponent is Woodlands Pri, for sure we are going to lose. Once we have that thinking in mind, we lost before the game starts.
What have we learnt from this match?
- Not to get too nervous on the court.
- Take good care of yourselves, stay healthy and happy.
- Not to be frightened by a "perceived strong team". We should try harder and not to give up until the referee blow the end of match whistle!!!!
- Not blaming your team mate.
- Move away from the spot that you make a mistake or the first and second touch so that your friend could fill in and help to hit the ball over.
- Extra trainings on Friday do works!!!!