Learning From My Mistakes

Seems that if I blog…it will be about soccer training…haha…hmm today had to report to college at 8.15 am…for track training…and also to submit I and r…went to track training first to put my bag…then guess what I saw…I saw people carrying goal posts…

So there was soccer training today…nobody told me haha…then had to explain to mr. Nordin…hopefully he didn’t mind…after explaining I went back to submit I and r…couldn’t find mdm aslindah…just caught her luckily outside the general office…she said she went to the washroom…and so with the submission of that…it brings an end to pw…to have something that you have been working on for so long suddenly gone…I think it feels weird…hehe

Then went back to track training…weison qixiang hairianto and I came…for girls crystal kesther and pratibha came…for guys Andrew and Reagan didn’t come…for girls I don’t know…3 more I guess…is one of them ming fei?…

Proceeded to do stretching…they had actually done 400 m of warm-up…mr. Yazid asked them to show me how to stretch…haha…who doesn’t know how to stretch?…haha…then went for 6 km run…approximate…6 rounds around the school…I thought it was okay…although it will be the farthest that I will have run…I thought it will be okay if I paced myself…but I was wrong…in the end I was panting like don’t know what…I think I ran too fast in the first 2 rounds…

After running we still had to do 20 sit-ups and push-ups each…after track training finished I went to soccer…without any gear…mr. Nordin told me to take a break as I didn’t have boots and he was worried that I will slip on the wet ground…but I said I will stay behind to look on…I had to cool down anyway…

In the end he told me to play in the training match…one goalkeeper each side…eugene the other side…I just wonder why after so long already I will still feel nervous…and to think its during training only…what if its during match…can anybody teach me how to cope with that…maybe I will just try to treat it as a fun game always…maybe that will help…

Anyway conceded three goals…eugene conceded 2…first goal was from my left byline…I got the angle covered but syed rifled in a shot…and I deflected in with my leg…did I get down too fast…don’t know…was it my mistake?

Second goal…I distributed the ball like some 5 year old kid (my distribution sucked for the whole match) passed the ball to an opponent…he sent in a long shot when I was still tracking back…and I fluffed my save…mr. Nordin said it was a routine catch…yes I should always try to catch the ball then if cannot, parry…I tried to parry when it was a ball that I can catch

Last goal also my blunder…once again I fluffed an attempt to catch a low shot to my right…dropped the ball…syed came in to fire in the rebound

With every goal conceded my team had to do physical punishment…20 of sit-ups and stuff like that…I feel so sorry to them…they can scold me as long as they like it

I think the most important thing is to learn things after every training session…that’s what life is about right…haha

And yes my rushing out still needs improvement…whenever I see the through pass in… I think there is no need to look at my defenders already…just go out straightaway and get the ball!…hehe

just saw an article on soccernet that is very relevant to my blog today!...the link is http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=348833&cc=4716
it was an interview with my idol goalkeeper...paul robinson of tottenham and current england no. 1....

some quotes from that article:
...strong enough character not to be affected by any hiccups...
...You just have to try and make sure mistakes don't happen. Nobody means to do it but you expect the criticism that will follow if you make an error and you have got to be a very strong person...
...You have to be your own biggest critic. I take every goal against me very personally even if there is nothing you can do about it. A keeper will always find something he could have done. A good keeper is always his biggest critic...
...But the day you start listening to people, apart from your coaches and managers, is when you have got a problem....
...You also can't go into games thinking you are going to make a mistake or 'what happens if I do this or that?' because you are finished before you are started...
...Every game has got to be positive and I'm confident enough in my own ability and know that I'm good enough to be able to cope with things...
...I have worked very hard to get here with England but it is even more important that I work even harder to stay there. Things can change very quickly in football and no-one knows that more than me. I'm going to work very hard to keep hold of what I've worked a long time for, It is up to me to keep the spot. I've worked very hard to get there but nothing is taken for granted. ..