Hi girls,

I just have the sudden urge to drop a post. First of all, a big hug to all of you especially my ex students and team mates and coaches!

This blog is simply the only thing that keeps me updated about Extremes. Reading the past few entries posted by Ade(i guessed so) made me feel as if i have missed out heaps. I remember the times we had just before i left SG, the team never really had a common goal or direction for the players to charge on. There was hardly any room for improvements (as a team) due to a constant low attendance. I tried, together with a few others and coaches, to motivate everyone i could despite receiving the most crappy screamings ever. It was really tiring to maintain a team, especially when players don't enjoy training moments, when players don't put in effort to interact well enough, when players keep to their cliques, when players don't try to see things in a different light. Yes, coaches can be unreasonable i agree (i've been one too), sometimes too hurting to the weak-hearted, sometimes too irritating. But you know what? No one gets the best of all worlds. In whichever team you belong to, there are bound to be problems, there are bound to be unhappiness in some way or the other. Even in the best of clubs, I shall not name any, you may be ultimately unhappy that you are not groomed in your desired position, you may be benched and not given court time, but you get the glorious perception of being in a prestigious club. So my point is, decide what you really want. If this is where you belong, work hand-in-hand with your club mates, have frequent team talks to sort out differences, have a group of closer club mates yet not forgetting the others during and out of training hours. ;)

And coaches who are reading this, i hope i am not offending anyone in my next few sentences. I honestly think Extremes has got good potential young players and you all have one of the best court strategies to make a team shine. But honestly Extremes have really weak basic foundations. We all need a strong foundation to be able to stand out. I believe this is what we are doing now so it's a good start for us! And determination of course! And and and, the ability to sustain the best performance for 4 quarters each game! One last comment i have is that i think it's time coaches accept feedback positively and adapt to the new world which consist lesser intense chiding (But some chiding is still necessary of cos). Subconsciously coaches are not reacting positively, i mean coaches around the world do too! It's always about finding something to cover up the feedback, i hope this makes sense!!!

To end, i really hope to see an ultimate team result when i return to SG for holidays! By stating result, i don't only mean competition result! I mean team goals are reached, attendance improving etc!!! Work hard girls though i wish to work hard together with you all! :)

netballux10n