Now... let's talk about training

All of a sudden my usual coach in MBA disappeared... then yesterday this new guy coach turned up.

So all my fellow trainees with me were immediately prejudiced... before he even trained us, mind you. All talked about quitting. Tried to get me to agree to quit too. But I said no... I told them I'm only quitting MBA after SPM... that's when I'm gonna train a few times a week.. now MBA is like just a place for me to continue oiling my strokes so it doesn't become rusty after SPM...

Anyway, so yeah.. they all judged the coach before he even did anything. Then he started the shuttle drill.. it was quite tiring.. I mean, for the others lah. For me I've done way worse ones before I joined Megah.. All start talking about quitting even more! Say so tough.. too tough... too old to improve already... I was like, "HUH??!" Oi, want to improve then train lah. Don't want to improve waste money, for what? For me I found him good lor.. the past few weeks we've not been doing shuttle drills, just games and what was that word again? Forgot already.. see lah so long never train properly. Skills..? Oh! no no Routine. Yes. That's the word.

Then after that games... the last 20 mins. For the 1st time in a long time I was asked to play singles with the girls.. while the guys played doubles... wah quite unfair wei I prefer doubles... with the guys somemore! Haha. But anyway.. I understand lah.. new coach.. how he know I can challenge and sometimes beat the so called better guys...?

So those monkeys went out to the counter and complained... "Want to quit already lah if this coach is permanent!" I just shrugged... no point trying to make them see the light if they refused to..

Next thing I know.. somehow all this hue and cry reaches the Puchong branch.. the main branch.. the big boss branch...

Anyway after school I had the chance to talk to a couple of them.. they said they will stay on in MBA... I should have known all this big talk was just nonsense.. Instinct told me so actually but I brushed it away... and they had no solid reason to actually quit.. First thing they saw me, "You're aching or not??! My legs, stomach etc etc all aching!" But I just said no.. eh it was only 3 different shuttle drills, 1 set each...rest about 15 mins because there are 6 others somemore.. What aching muscles?? Wait till you do 2 hours nonstop of all kinds of drills... 3-4 sets each... OBT did that before until his MAID scolded him. Lol! He was like, "want to improve then where got complain one."

Apart from being 'tough' and 'use that tone'... they have no solid reason for condemning him lah. And I told them so. I said people never do anything don't go and cause them trouble..

Then went to CineLeisure to watch Spiderman 3... not too bad, just that well, it was kinda brief, the characters were too.. erm, not delved into properly. But good show, I liked it :)

On the bus on the way back to KJ station... next thing MBA calls me up. I was like, 'HUH??' But nvm.. just answer lor.. they wanted to know my opinion on the new coach or something like that.. honestly, they've got so many others to call and ask... why me? I'm considerably new to MBA as compared to those who trained 5 years there already. I gave them my honest opinion lor.. I find him good(I don't want them changing to another coach, sekali not as good then...) etc etc.

But if they think they can bring up champions with a good coach... well, honestly. Very honestly in my opinion(and many others), it's the players themselves who choose whether or not to improve. As far as I know, as long as I've got a coach that knows more than I do, I can improve by leaps and bounds. My old XD partner? His dad could hardly play well.. but wow, his training methods were unique.. no wonder we took the title without much fight. So while I'm pretty sure I could have beaten that old uncle in a game, I benefited A LOT from his training. His style of training certain shots are really awesome.. even my coaches were amazed by my backhand pushes during the tournament.. it just kept killing the guys behind(esp. left handed ones).

So yes.. MBA students need a change of attitude... and that includes me. I think I'll stop complaining about training... haha. But really, when I complain I'm really just jesting.. I don't mind training... I've always said, "You can train me any way, any where, any how, super hard, as long as you don't kill me." Then I realise how tough human beings are.. want to die also cannot... cause good coaches really know how much players can go... and how much to push... unfortunately for me the limit seemed... to be my shoulder. Haha! Then my coach thought he overcame that problem when he cross-court lobbed nonstop with me for... I think about 600 times.. not sure, try lobbing for about 10-15 minutes nonstop, with attacking lob, probing lob and defensive lob all in.. After that he proudly declared my shoulder cured. LOL!

Oh yes... MBA is having a friendly match with Wira Tangkis club or something like that... next Sunday during training. Since I'll be returning from Port Dickson on that day I told them I can't make it.. I'm not very willing to go now actually.. with my current form like that.. I'm trying my level best to get back some sort of form, these past few weeks I've just been dropping more and more... perhaps it happened gradually.. just that I never realised it. Then during the 3 days when I'm in Port Dickson(AGAIN), I'll be missing a tournament.

Now this tournament is high-standard one oki... So I don't really mind missing it.. not because I'm afraid I'll lose... but I don't want to meet my old coaches there. They will surely be there.. KL tournament somemore... At my current form it's totally embarrassing oki... I don't want them to start asking me to go back to them for training... though RM120 for 3 times a WEEK is dirt cheap... but... haiz... sorry coaches... not now... plus last I heard no one around my standard anymore... a few moved on to become state players.. only gong gong players like me stopped... So there's not much use for me to go back... I played with one of their current 'better players' a while back and gave her 3 points..

At first when I heard all my friends are stopping I didn't mind too much.. then it hit me.. who would I play with??? Those who give some semblance of good fights leave.. then what do I do?? Thankfully... they are staying.

So anyway.. I don't mind new coaches.. I always have old coaches to fall back on if the need arises. New styles keeps the game exciting. =)

So yes.. sorry for another badminton post... :-)

God bless ya all,
Joanne