Training on Tuesday 06 Nov

today was finally boots! about 15 ppl for training. started on field 1 with possession play. two touch. each team had two 'goals'. the 'goal' is basically a triangular area in which a fellow team mate occupies. when team mate A passes to team mate B (who is in the triangle), team mate B has to pass to team mate C. team mate A then moves into the triangular area. after this we moved to field 2, cos there were no lights on field 1.

did some physical workouts with ball. 4 to a group. 2 balls each group. each group would then have 2 feeders. players are A, B, C, and D. cones are x, y, and z.

A....................B

x....................y


........CzD........

basically, both C and D will start from z. C will run to x and use left foot, while D runs to y and uses right foot. A and B will feed the ball to C and D respectively. C and D will then run back z, and now switch sides - i.e. C now runs to y and D runs to x. this will continue for about 1 min plus. then C and D will switch with A and B. the exercises we did were passing on the ground; side foot volley back to feet; control with thigh and pass back to feet; control with chest and pass back to feet; and head downwards to feet.

after that, we did shuttle run with ball. dribble as fast as you can for about 7 metres to line A, dribble back to starting line, dribble back to line A, and dribble back to starting line. total of 2 big groups. each would do about 4 reps, then rest while the other group did their 4 reps. this continued with variations in no. of reps, as well as patterns. e.g. one exercise required dribbling to line A and leaving the ball there, running to start line, running back to line A and retrieve the ball, and dribble back to start line. another exercise involved leaving the ball at start line, running to line A, running back to start line to retrieve the ball and dribble to line A, turn and dribble back to start line. there was also one exercise that was leave the ball at start line and run to line A, retrieve the ball from start line dribble to line A and leave the ball, run back to start line turn retrieve the ball from line A and dribble back to start line.

finally, we split into 2 sides. 7v7, but one side got goalkeeper, the other side defend 3 goal posts - score by putting on the line. free touch. did about 20 mins. then everybody ran 2 rounds, while chengkang, raihan and vincent practised shooting from 3 angles.

................................[_______goalkeeper________]


angle 1




.......................angle 2...................................angle 3

end of training.

today, we finally got our training jerseys! quite nice i must say. with that also comes an announcement - every week, there will be a joker of the week. this joker will then have to wear a special distinctive jersey (e.g. pink sailor moon hello kitty combined) until the next joker is found! also, i forgot to announce that mark and sudi are now officially the team managers for NUS Soccer 07/08! watch out for their arrows gentlemen. mark is quite the marksman i tell you....

God Bless guys. and rest well for those with injuries. our thoughts are with you.