Friday, April 30, 2010

Unbelievable english....

See if u can understand this without the subs....=.=

Monday, April 26, 2010

Outing with Evergreen United teammates ~~

Went out for a K singing sessions with

Frank, our speedo-forward















Li Xi, our Main-Man centerback captain















Ryan, our Right Wing man















and Henry, our Ashley Cole type Right Back, Frank and Henry managed to each get a goal out of Saturday's game, well done ~















Here is...our King of Pop, Ryan showing he's....move....hmm















And we ended up having steamboat for dinner ^^^^^^














































Nice........^^^^^^^^^^!!!

Lucky ~

Our new addition in NX Generation...Lucky....a 6 months old Sheppard..















Animal torturing in progress....no!! Boss is playing with it...

Nike Total 90 Laser II K-FG

On a peaceful Thursday nite, after i finish my training, was walking home with a calm in my mind at which i come to think....yea......its almost been a week since i ordered me NIKE TOTAL 90 LASER II K-FG (K for Kangaroo Leather and FG for Firm Ground stud configuration), but anyway, was wondering, geez, maybe, just maybe, would it be sitting on my room, waiting for me now? Nah...it wouldn't be...

And then out of a sudden, ooh, look, whats this....hmmm















I know its all blur, but it says its from San Diego, Cali (California) and due to...err...some typo error, someone MISS TYPE my name~~ and whats on the recipient name is Monkey Amaury Reno =.=....















Thank you Shoe Metro...















Hmm....orange colour box is always something good to look aye?















Nike.......















It writes the correct stuff....but unknown to me, is that i think, that this boot, is one of the PROMO boot which are Limited Editions product.....=.="!!!!!!!!!















Me Total 90 Laser II has finally arrive....did they get the wrong edition? Did they got the wrong color !?!















Nope they didn't...Metallic Summit White with Metallic Gold Black it is...^^















The Total 90 Laser II description sticker that is on every Laser II's box















And every Laser II comes with its own special boot bag with its distinctive colour, in my case, white and gold T.T perfectoooooo















Me angels T.T















eVent sticker....















The eVent thing, its a layer of closure lace which helps ventilation in the shoe and is underneath the ShotShield lace, which is the black spot that helps u marks ur target with better accuracy and more power due to increase surface area and grooves for swerving the ball.















The shoe and the studs....















Little detail is good.....the gold little lip behind the shoe, the small Swoosh logo and the 90 mark in the front colored in gold , a royal specialty...















See through studs....that i like ^^















Top view....















Side view...note how aggressive the curves are on the side?















Just Do It ~ K Leather style ~















External Heel Counter...















Talk bout details, even the shoe lace has different pattern on them, and of course, its gold pointer with white lace ~ argh !!















Me wearing it .... feels abit tight (its half a size smaller ><) but my right leg is fine but my left leg is struggling with abit pain on the little toe ><















































Now that the boot has arrive...really really can't wait to try it out...but again.....really really is too heavy hearted to use it as it is just so damn beautiful....im really in a deep deep dilemma now.........T.T !!

But anyway.....Total 90 forever















(Thank you Rina Wong for helping me purchasing this shoe ^^)

Saturday, April 24, 2010

MATCH 2 Evergreen United 4-0 Gumby

We played our second league match today, which is againts Gumby, which a team comprises of Chinese, but most probably Aussie-born-Chinese, as they all communicate and uses Aussie English.....

We started out our game moderately, with possessions mostly held firm by Gumby, but still, good defending and poor finishing with the ball didn't see Gumby attack or even pose a threat much. That is until we scored a goal with a long pass well into the defense's back line, unleashed a speeding Frank onto the path of it, with 2 Defenders on he's tail, all is too late as he pounded in our first goal of the season yet. After the first goal we started to get more confidence and started to play the game we use to play, and not before first half finished, 老崔 our player-cum-coach managed to scored for him self following an assists from first goal-scorer, Frank, and went flying up to celebrate it.

Second half started, and immediately we posed a menacing start, straight with some fabulous passes in the middle before sending the ball on the path of our Right Winger, 小周. Gumby posed a few threats earlier on in the first half with 2 free kicks but to no avail, and weren't short for the second half as well, more and more wide and long passes were done by them and they managed to win a few corners as well, but due to poor connecting and heading skill, no goal was produced. And then, with a partnership of Ryan and 老崔, the latter managed to score another goal ! Morale was damn up high that time, and just before finish, Henry, who was our Right Back for today, managed to score a goal back following an assist from 老崔. The game ended with a big success.

Gumby's team was a ordinary team, nothing special bout them. They have good body and basic skill overall, with their passing and stopping rarely fail, but slow in speed and poor finishing made up their day as that contributes to no goal. But overall we were abit lucky as well, as they've could have scored us a few goals, should they have better finishing and anticipation. The defender played very well today, but the midfield should have done better with possession and playmaking. That is one point for us to improve, but other than that, the team's morale and teamwork is advancing thoroughly. With a couple more games we should have a firm grasp of a good First-11 and the right strategy on how we should play.

Numbers of minute un-scored: 140 (70 for me, as its a 35/35 minute game, opposed to 45/45)

Training 26 and 27

We didn't do much for these two training session, sorta like we did the same thing overall for these 2 training sessions. But it doesn't start out without a bad news first......

The Thirds and Fourths team got hammered, the Thirds lose 11-1, and the Fourths lose 6-0...

Suddenly i felt full of guilty....partially because i canot play for them, and that mayb if i would have played for them i would have made a difference.....oh well.....just wish them good luck....

Anyway, we didn't do much except for strategized training for the players, while no specialized training for keeper, yet again.....

One thing i realize, my reflexes are starting to come by, but i still having a hard time dealing with some sort of mental barrier that keep me from diving high up and far end.......haiz....how i wish i can have the training when i was 13 or 14....T.T.....

Monday, April 19, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

When RE meets old school Carby...

Carburetted 13B, 10.4 second car.......but quiet as hell...

Training 24 and 25

Both the training now mostly consists of shot practice to get the strikers in their shooting form, as demonstrated here....

There is first, 2 Winger, and 2 Striker facing the goal post





















Player 1 will have the ball initially, and drill start with Striker 1 passes to Striker 2, indicated by the Red line, while both Winger A and B make a run to the corner flag, as with the Yellow
Dotted line





















In which then Striker 2 will sends a long ball into the deep corner for Winger B to intercept





















And as Winger B STOP, CONTROL, and PASS to Winger A, Striker 1 and 2 will make a run into the penalty box, one on far post and one on near post.





















And Winger B is recommended that a crosses is to be made upon first touch to Striker 1 and 2





















And hopefully, Striker 1 and 2 finishes with a goal.





















The other drill, is to have 3 Strikers up front, and 2 Defenders on penalty box area.





















The keeper is to send a long ball up to 1 of the Strikers, and the Striker that is intercepting the ball must control and start the attack together with the other Strikers posing as an option or support.





















While the Defender must also giv pressure to the Strikers while they are attempting to shoot. Too much time delaying is not recommended, as a shot, doesn't matter if on-goal or off-goal, should be made within 1 minute of first few practice, and 30 seconds after wards.





















The third training, was to have a X-pattern pass-then-shoot training, in which, there will be 2 Strikers on the field, and 2 non-playing players both beside the goal post.





















And the non-playing players, say on the left, will play a ball to the center, and the Striker on the opposite side, which is on the right side, will come and intercept the ball.





















And land a shot. The same goes with the opposite site, the right side passes, the left side shoots.






















It amazes me, how alot of players, have vastly improve their shooting skills, and by doing this kinda practice may look meaningless to alot of people, which the question of "theres no simulating of on-field situation, how can we learn?"

Well first of all, even without on-field situation, we still can't do the practice with 100% efficiency, without any major pressure we still have miss-timed runs, miss-crosses, shots going all over the place but the goal, bad stops, or prolonged control. Imagine the only thing that we'll be pondering about when we're on the field was just to stop the ball, look for team mate, and pass, there wont be any how can i turn? How can i make a shot? How can i make space for this team mate while keeping possession? Or far worse, HOW CAN I KEEP THE BALL FOR 2 SECONDS?

The answer is, by doing this practice first, we learn how to automated our body to compensate for the lack of judging times, its almost as building our own muscle memory, by getting a pass, u automatically sends a long ball to the far end, and ur winger, will also, subconsciously make a run to intercept the ball , well, thats just 2 movements aint they? Or do u prefer u

(1)make a stop,
(2)look for your teammate,
(3)judging if he's available for receiving the ball,
(4)nope he's not, i gotta make a run to create space,
(5)i gotta dodge the player infront of me,
(6)now where is that player i was going to pass again,
(7)he's got a man on him now, i gotta find someone else.....and the list continues.

Now thats already 7 moves u made, as opposed to, 2 movements which well covered the opponent's half of the field? Assumed you start the attack from half way life that is....

The thing is, automated movements are what make up for the lightning-fast games the top leagues in the world is playing now, they may look as if their a mess or having a hard time getting possession on, but in their game, in a 100m long 50m wide field, theres pressure everywhere, and why is that? Because of their automated movements, they dun need to think and look for people to put pressure on, they automated their positions so that by just standing there, you know who's coming and by contrast, you can start thinking how your gonna intercept his ball. When C.Ron makes a run into the box, Nani is right on he's tail and by automated, he makes a pass to the far end and there he is, theres no magic or telepathy in that its all automatic reaction from training and coordination and stuffs.

What the Brazilian do best isn't the best anymore in terms of coordinated strategical football, automated play is. The more 'automated' u are, the less time u need to think and by that, the more time you have on the pitch before your mind starts to give in.