Friday, December 15, 2006
Hi all,

I will be conducting extra training next week from 18 Dec to 22 Dec from 1 to 4pm in school. The purpose of the training is to develop peer coaching skills as well as some practice for myself, heh, as I have a competition in NTU in late Dec. I realized that during most sessions, there is too much reliance on the formal coaching process, which means, most of you do not practice properly when you are not training with the coach. In that case, every session, you only gain 180 mins divided by X players of learning. In order to maximize the training program, I will introduce to you some basic drills that you can do during training with your team mates such as multi-ball, single side defense, self-service (!!!), working with peers of different styles, acclimatizing and accomodating players of different style and skill level, etc. It is my wish to pass on to you the skills necessary as I will most likely not be able to train you all next year, and Coach Lee Su Hui will be on exchange, and our dear Coach Lim Shi Zhi broke his wrist playing football (so silly!). Your new coach, Coach Lum Yao Guang, will take over, but his focus will be on competition skills as well as developing the younger players. As the seniors in the team, I hope you will be able to assist him and really maximize the coaching hours. As for the oldies (P6 or Moeka), you are most welcome to come along and learn. In most of the secondary schools you will be going, there will be an expected set of drills required for peer coaching. The school coach will use his mouth more than his hands, and learning the drills will give you all an edge when you go to sec school. Time to have a more disciplined approach rather than the usual clowning around or waiting for ur turn. Hope to see you all next week. I have lost my name and contact list when I left Nan Hua. Do pass the word around. Cya.

Thomas Lim