Coaches' nicknames

It's finally here!! Yay!

Heng Foo -- Why-so-serious Dad
Wee Keong -- Lemon Dad (his hobby of suan-ing people)
Wee Hong -- Frown-deficient Dad
Chad -- Drama Momma


Done by: A group of lame people. x)

Keep checking the blog as there are loads of serious stuff and fun stuff, canoe polo tips and lame posts! ^^

your nicknames! :O

Guys
xuan hao -- hot kid
tiong -- stick kid
randy -- cool kid
wee chye -- monkey kid
jehon -- 2-expression kid
hubert -- bird kid
jong -- panda kid
tan kuan -- curly hair kid
lian han -- botak kid
darren goh -- handsome kid

Girls
grace -- hungry kid
karyen -- abused kid (thanks to her bruises)
tingan -- cute kid
yingzhen -- stumpy kid
yunzhi -- guai kid
wanyu -- hyper kid

Aha! You must be wondering about the coaches' nicknames... Hmm, they will not be revealed yet. =) Keep checking the blog regularly!

Done by: A group of lame people. x)

hyper kid signing off~

Skewed Common Sense -- Game Tactics

Game tactic -- Pray Hard

When your opponent drives in with the ball, all ready to shoot, and everyone else in your team, including your keeper, is not confident in blocking the shot (i.e. everyone has been dreaming and left this huge open space and the keeper has unfortunately drifted off), EVERYONE IN THE TEAM DROP YOUR PADDLES AND PRAY.

Theory and logic -- This would really be such a sight that it would shock your opponents, forcing them to stop and stare for a minute, giving you time to recover, getting into a more favorable position.



Little tips on capsizing your opponent --

The serious one by coachie -- push at your opponent's armpit.

Grip hard (or squeeze?) your opponent's arm or armpit, and push.
Theory and logic -- so even if you can't capsize your opponent, it would hurt him/her so much that his/her arm may be numb for awhile, hindering his/her arm usage.

Competition groupings

Competitions groupings are now out.

Groupings in Division B
Group A of B

NTU Alumni
Ocube
Jokers
NUS High

Ladies Opens Groupings
Group A
Red Tide Ladies
SMOG
Sp
Scube
NUS High

jiayou nus high!!! :D (team cookies?) :O

Knowing Your Sport and Yourself

Hello everyone! I've recently borrowed this book from our school library which is really useful.

Below are some planning tips that can help us to improve further in the sport.

Analysing the Sport

Firstly, we have to analyse the sport and think about what aspects are most important in the sport, and rate them from 1 to 5, 1 being unimportant, and 5 being very important.

1. Physical/fitness
2. Technical
3. Tactical
4. Mental

In my opinion, I would say that 1, 2 and 3 are all 5s for canoe polo. What do you all think about number 4? Is it a 5 as well? Or is it another number relative to the others? I know that we should put it as a 5 because it just doesn't seem right to place it lower... but let's just judge it as compared to the rest okay? Then we can analyse further and find the really important aspects we have to focus on in order to ensure optimal performance in the sport. (:

Mapping Out the Four Training Phases

1. Transition or Recovery Phase - the time following all the competitions when you have a complete break from your sport and training. It might last a few weeks or even a couple of months
2. Preseason Preparation - the time when you return to training and before any competitions start. It's the time to work on general fitness, on improving techniques and on developing mental skills.
3. Early-season Preparation - the time when training starts to increase in intensity and become more specific. Typically, although there might be some competitions, the focus is still on preparing for the more important competitions to come later in the season.
4. Competition Phase - the time when the focus is very much on competing, when you have the most important competitions and want to perform at your very best.

Currenly we should be in the 3rd phase. :) and soon it will be the 4th phase starting 30th August! The planner is very simple: draw a table and label columns from January to December. In the rows, label "Phases" and "Sport". Under phases, write the phase that each month is under, and write down important events under "Sport", such as the 10th Pesta Sukan National Canoe Polo Championship 2008 coming up, the recovery phase after that, the preseason phase leading to next year, early-season preparation for the competition phase (SP Champs 2009) etc. (:

We can probably find some time to meet and discuss some of these stuff. (:

Self-Profiling Exercise

Think of the ideal athlete in your sport. It may help to think of a few elite athletes who you admire. Write down all the attributes(skills, knowledge, attitudes) that are important for success. Remember to include all aspects of performance(technical, tactical, mental and physical, in both training and competition), as well as any aspects of their lifestyles with which you are familiar. If helpful, you may wish to ask your coach, teacher or parent or guardian for help.

• Knowledge:
• Skills:
• Attitute:
• Lifestyle:

Now, select 10 attributes that you feel are the most important for success in canoe polo. Write them down and rate yourself from 1 to 10, 1 being 'very poor' and 10 being 'could not be better'. Rate yourself honestly(this should be your opinion; no guidance from your coach, teacher or anyone else). When rating yourself, think of the athlete you want to becomel leave room for improvement. Then, next to your current ratings, put down your desired ratings. (: See whether you have achieved these targets after a period of time, e.g. 12 months.

That's about it for today's post (:

Some feedback from Coach

Please take this seriously. Here are some feedback from Coach, mostly about our attitude toward trainings which needs to, and can be improved on.

These are his exact words

Heng Foo says:
u all must see the importance
if u dun produce any results, u all may not even get to play next yr
probably the sch will jus close down the club

XXX says:
but are we expected to win anything this year?

Heng Foo says:
not win
but at least win matches
but at the rate u all r going
it is hard

XXX says:
is it because we are not putting in effort? or is it because we are not going for trainings?

Heng Foo says:
not enuff training, then often u all tend to want to have fun more rather than train seriously

Heng Foo says:
dun u feel tat when u all come for water training, u all dun feel the stress of need to perform well?
to u all, a bad pass, is jus a bad pass, maybe means more sprinting or push up

Heng Foo says:
theres nothing inside u tat tells u that 'oh, i mus concentrate, at this point of time i shudn't be making so many bad passes'

Heng Foo says:
always need reminders and punishments to push u all...

Heng Foo says:
probably u can tell the team wad i told u today

10th Pesta Sukan Canoe Polo National Championship 2008

Here are the administrative details for the competition, which will begin on the 30th August 2008.

The registration form is to be submitted to SP Pool by this Friday, 18th July. What we need to fill in most urgently are the team details, so we have to come up with team names as soon as possible.

Mr Chua will be holding a short meeting tomorrow morning so that we can settle these administrative details. If you are unable to come for the meeting, boys, please email Xuanhao your NRIC, name, contact number & email, as well as your T-shirt size for ordering of competition T-shirt. Girls, email to me. We will be collating these information and typing them in the final team detail forms.

To participate in this competition, you will need to produce your signed indemnity form as well as a photocopy of your 1-star kayaking course certificate. As we do not want any hassle just when the date of the competition is nearing, I would like to implore everyone to get their indemnity forms signed and photocopies of their certs obtained TO BE SUBMITTED TOGETHER WITH THE REGISTRATION FORM, which by the way, is THIS FRIDAY(might be extended, will update you guys soon).

Please do remember to remind those teammates whom you know do not check the blog regularly. I do not wish to see any people submitting their forms or certs late. Please do exercise some responsibility.

Thanks.