Fat as Duck

After almost a month of feasting, celebrating & basically gorging myself, I'm finally back at the gym. The tipping point came when I put on my tee shirt and it suddenly felt like one of those compression tops. 

It's really not easy maintaining fitness. A disciplined regime has to be strictly adhered to and at the same time, food intake must be watched carefully. After all, you are what you eat. So if you eat crap...

So here's the long road back to competitive fitness. It's a good thing the football season is going into a 'winter break', so I can arrange a few friendlies to up my match fitness, as well as resume my weekly gym sessions to burn the damn fats away.

Anyone else suffering from pre-holiday fattyness?

Congratulations Joseph Schooling!

This morning, I woke up to the news that our very own Joseph Schooling has won his pet event 100m butterfly in a new Asian Games record time of 51.76m. 

Amazing stuff!

He was quoted as saying, that at the 3/4 mark, he felt his muscles tightening, but continued to push even harder. Coz 'they're gonna have to die trying' if anyone wanted to take his first place away from him. 

That's the kind of mentality needed to succeed at the top. More so in an individual sport. The NEED to be ahead! No settling for 2nd best. Wanna take my gold medal? OVER MY DEAD BODY!

Too often in amateur sports, particularly in football, we tend to lose heart easily whenever we line up against a good team. (I will do an article soon on how best to prepare your team to look good in front of your opponents. Like they say, look good win 50% liao! 😆) Or when we go a goal or 2 behind. That's when a good leader, or leaders, have to stand up and display the 'Joseph Schooling' attitude. Wanna win the game against me? You gotta die trying! (It sounds more macho in hokkien. HAHAHAHA)

Damn I love his attitude. 

Here's a clip of his winning race. Enjoy!

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/fit-to-post-sports/asian-games--schooling-wins-first-gold-for-singapore-101523614.html

Why 4 Short 1 Long?

The name 4 Short 1 Long actually refers to an advice given to me when i attended training recently. The coach explained that after every 4 short passes, you should look to do a long pass to spread the play, especially since the opponents have already started to crowd around attempting to regain possession during the 4 short passes, thus giving other players more space and time on the ball.

It also prevents you from getting yourself into a sticky situation where you pick the easiest short pass all the time, unknowingly playing yourself into a corner and having to turnover possession. 4S1L keeps you on your toes, always looking to switch the play, whilst still keeping possession with short and quick passes.

I like this advice.

What advice has your coach given to you that resonated with you so much it stuck in your head all these years?