Hello all

Sorry that I couldn't be there for the entire game. I had expected you all to start at 6pm and end by 7pm mah.


Here are some pointers for the defenders/last men. I wanted to tell you all personally, but I had to rush off, and this blog is pretty dead anyway. Coach, correct me if I'm wrong, but do it secretly please, cos I'd be very paiseh.


Legend:






















1. Slow Resetting























The Red Circle with a "J" is Jasmine (sorry Waner, I didn't see you play) . While the Red Circle with a "1" is the defender/last man.

It's very very very very important to have fast fast fast resetting because the path you take is longer than the path the opponent is taking. Even a Primary 5 kid can tell that half a circumference is longer than the radius of a circle (remember, we learnt about the pi and the 22/7 thing in Pri 5) . Furthermore, that opponent doesn't have a ball to control.























If you're stuck at one corner of the court and want to free yourself, you reset. You have to be faster than the opponent to prevent yourself from being stuck at the other corner.

So what to do? Practice lor. Just go to the gym, put the goal there, and practice running around it with the ball. And practice releasing the ball too. You can do it without your line mates.


2. After resetting

I saw this happen at least twice while I was there.

Player 1 manages to reset nicely.
























Player 1 meets Player 2 at the other corner of the court.











Player 1 passes the ball to Player 2 when they are less than 1 metre apart, and runs away "to spread out" and the ball is now Player 2's problem.

If Player 1 wanted to get the ball to the other corner, why couldn't she have just used the boards and not waste energy running to the other corner?
















So, what to do? Player 2 should run up while Player 1 is resetting. Player 1 sends the ball down to her by the boards. Player 2 runs in with the ball and scores. Everybody's happy.

(If Player 1 doesn't seem to be resetting, it probably means that she wants Player 2 to go to the other corner and board pass to her)






















If Player 2 is marked by an annoying opponent. Be flexible, don't eng eng lai. Send a hard one diagonally down to Player 3. Player 3 will then run in with the ball and score. Everybody's happy.





















And if Player 2 and 3 are marked by annoying opponents, ask Coach, cos I forgot what to do.






















If it were me, I will call out to Player 3, then Player 3 will stealth the opponent marking her (maybe by groping her butt, or saying "hey sexy baby". It'll work lor.). Player 3 will suddenly run out. Player 1 sends the ball down to Player 3. Player 3 scores. Everybody's happy.





















Oh yeah, and if an annoying opponent is marking Player 1 like in the picture below, thus preventing 1 from passing to 2, 1 can pass to 3. Must sui2 ji1 ying4 bian4. My chinese not bad sia. Higher Chinese A2, don't play play.
























Of course, I may be wrong since our systems are different (generation gap) , so ask Coach to be sure.


And I just realised that others JCs might visit our blog and steal our secret methods. But I don't think they will trust advice given using Microsoft Paint.


And just relax and stay calm during the match okay? You guys chose the team name "Laxing" over nicer ones like "Li Ying muacks _ a _ i _ s" and "Fangyee huggs _ e _ v _ n" leh. You all should be pro at laxing. When you are not so stressed, you can then focus and remember what Coach has said.


Don't worry, the seniors will try not to lose too much faith in you guys :D


xoxo
Bingxin