篮球 “火”

" Who would wake up at 7am in the morning on a Public Holiday

or a Saturday/Sunday to play basketball with you? "

This question rings in my head after the Sunday bball session
with the ppl from XMS

7 years of playing basketball together
Not too short a period I would say
With highs and lows throughout this 7 years too

We bought jerseys, got injured, went for competitions,
participated in fights on courts, hurled abuse at each other,
taunt at one another, cannot stand the sight of each other etc

But we still are playing bball back like in the secondary days in XMS

However, attendance would never be the same as yesteryears
Different ppl would have different committments already

" There's only 2 things that guys would give up basketball for "

" Girls or money "

This statement I dono how many times I have heard and said before

So those who have girlfriends would be busy with their WAGs, those
who are serving the nation have to serve the nation, those with school
issues (still dont give a heck care about school exams over bball) and etc

Times fly and I realised that a lot of things I wanted to do in my
favourite sports is quite impossible for me to do now



I once had a goal of achieving the slam dunk at the age of 16
I work towards the goal in the secondary school days
I touched the basketball rim at the age of 15 in long pants
It was during the period where I got a panda-eye during a match
After which I went to physcially condition myself by running alot
So must have slim down quite a bit and can jump higher
But fate has it, O' levels at 16 and XMS academically inclined culture
didnt help much in developing kids with bball passion

Basketball is always a contact sports for MEN
Not for wussy and 娘娘腔
And now being not so mobile and athletic as younger years
The way you play the game is quite different too

I realised I cant outjump ppl in many various situations

Cant match lack of physical abilities with physical abilities anymore
Not so explosive as I would like myself to be

So now have to develop the knowledge of playing the game

By outboxing and grabbing the rebound in other situation

But one good thing for the decline in jumping abilities

is the increase in muscular strength and the body bulk due to gym
Can absorb plenty of body contact as you drive towards

the basket and make body adjustments along the way

And developing the smooth stroke of shooting

is essential to staying alive in the game

Still rmb the days of shooting hundreds of balls

back in the days with the Sec 4/5 Normal Acad

ppl while I was a sec 1/2 kid back in XMS before construction

=)

All in all

The mindset to playing the game is to be aggressive

And never have the mentality to lose

Basketball is never a one person game

Like THEY SAY

" There's no I in T-E-A-M "

So watching games and picking up strategies is also

very important as you tuned your game to match others

=D


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Sitting down and having drinks together (coffee or alcohol)

with the right company is always a good feeling

X'mas is coming, and so have you fell for the marketing ploy yet?

=p

Jingle bells jingle bells
Jingle ALL THE WAY! (the classic way)

Hahaha. I can see it coming
New Year Resolution for '09:

Wipe out all the bad karma in '08 and gather
good karma for '09

And I cant believe my mom sleeps in the living room to

wait for my bro

Wonders of being a parent ya?