sports

I'm going to type a long non-coherent entry today. Blame it on my laziness to type thoughout the week. Had been wanting to type a new entry since last wed but dragged all the way until today that there are too many things that I can write about. So I'll try to cut it short.

Watched 2 matches last wednesday. The first was the A div finals between HCI and NY. Wasn't very impressed with the standard although the NY captain stood out from the rest. She reminds me of the time I had in sec sch with XD in the team. Towards the end she seems to have been exhausted or suffering from cramps and couldn't jump nor move at an optimum level. Not that the rest of the girls were performing towards the end as well. Fatigue have to build in. I seriously don't understand which a** up there in VAS decided that sch finals (and semis) should be played in a best of 5 sets. Personally I do not think it's very exciting to watch a bunch of very tired girls play and no school player will be in a really good physical and mental state to play 5 sets when they've been playing best of 3 sets all the way in the competition. Oh yah, although I set out to watch the game as a hc old boy, somehow the system in me (however slow) started to auto run and process the players abilities, their tactical plays and the coaches decisions. I tried to shut down the system but couldn't stop it completely. (Know why I don't derive the same pleasure as I used to watching volleyball games now?) As ever, after watching a bunch of players playing as if their lifes depended on it, some stray thoughts about going back to maybe to play 1 final competition came in... My brain will control my heart.

The 2nd game I saw in the day was the champions league final. Totally different feel to watching the volleyball game. My only concern was who started and who was on the bench. But being not really that familiar with the 2 teams, as compared to Liverpool, it doesn't really matter. A goalkeeper red carded, an early goal disallowed, a set piece goal, a come back from 1 goal down to 2-1 up, a suspected off side goal, it still makes good ingredient for a final. At the end of the game, my brains only told me 1 thing. Go to sleep.

After watching the finals on wed and having the stray thoughts about going back to play creeping in, I went for a run on thur evening. Although I wasn't the one who initiated it but I had been thinking of going for a run/jog since I finished exams. So there I was running with cw to the woodlands stadium, which the idiot, being an ex AI soccer captain, ran faster than what I will call "relaxed pace" or "long distance pace". So I arrived at the stadium wondering how far back I deterioted since my NS days. After some rest, we went for another 4 rounds on the track. This time I managed to keep pace with him (Ok obviously he slowed down), which he was sort of surprised. After that we walked all the way back home. Before coming home, I decided to do a few pull ups (literally), some pushups and situps as well. So what did I gain from the session? A few days of aching legs and abs which hurts when I laugh or sneeze.

Today started my ncap theory level 1 course. I'm the only volleyball coach. Not that it matters really, but there are coaches involved in "sports" like yoga? And 1 teacher said she is not even sure. Great. The highlight of the day, the lecturer was showing us potential injuries and pictures of the various nerve systems and muscle groups in different areas. Conclusion: Thats why I am a coach and not a player.