During photo taking, there's at least 40 of you.
Today's training? 11
Enough said ... I'm losing motivation too, getting out of here ... hopefully the next ic will be someone who is able to motivate the team better.
~ keep running ~
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Change in Holiday Training Schedule
Those who turned up last friday would know about this so this is for those mia.
New training schedule wef 24th Nov:
Every Monday in School and
every Thursday @ Serangoon Stadium (not srjc)
Transport from/to school not provided - alight @ Serangoon MRT station, ~ 5 minutes walking distance to stadium.
Please reach around 1400 hour for warm up; expect to end ~ 1700 hour. Do head home as soon as training ends. If going dinner, bubble tea, etc and will reach home late, please inform your parents AND either Bo Yi, Jia Wei, Samuel, Ke Hui, Wan Ping or myself.
~ 1 more month of holz training ~
New training schedule wef 24th Nov:
Every Monday in School and
every Thursday @ Serangoon Stadium (not srjc)
Transport from/to school not provided - alight @ Serangoon MRT station, ~ 5 minutes walking distance to stadium.
Please reach around 1400 hour for warm up; expect to end ~ 1700 hour. Do head home as soon as training ends. If going dinner, bubble tea, etc and will reach home late, please inform your parents AND either Bo Yi, Jia Wei, Samuel, Ke Hui, Wan Ping or myself.
~ 1 more month of holz training ~
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Almost a month of holiday training ...
Just want to confirm:
We are not a running club i.e. not recommended for leisure runners - 10 x 1/2 = 5 mathematically but 5 committed athletes beat 10 half-hearted anytime.. At least for the Sec 3 08 batch, it's heartening to be able to name 5 - Kehui, Shanice, Haorong, Boyi, Hisyam - less than 5 months to go before shifting full gear to study, Jia You! [Please don't read as bo chap study, full gear training till post races... We are all learning how to best manage time.] Those turning up half the time (attendance 50% or less), improvement appreciated (still observing) - 5 months only, it's up to the individual.. enough said.
Sec 1s and 2s
Pleasant surprise welcomed but enough is enough with excuses like
being emo (elmo is cuter),
losing focus (e.g. psp, errr... bubble tea? =P),
sian,
looking for shortcuts,
losing .. lost interest (lack of motivation),
injuries (and doing nothing about it),
aches (head, stomach, legs...),
slacking (coach isn't looking),
taking training lightly (yak, yak, train, yak, yak, yak, train)
.
.
.
.
.
some of you have greater potential than you think you have (or so the coach says)
btw, the last bbq intended for bonding - did it really serve the purpose?
~ quality beats quantity ~
We are not a running club i.e. not recommended for leisure runners - 10 x 1/2 = 5 mathematically but 5 committed athletes beat 10 half-hearted anytime.. At least for the Sec 3 08 batch, it's heartening to be able to name 5 - Kehui, Shanice, Haorong, Boyi, Hisyam - less than 5 months to go before shifting full gear to study, Jia You! [Please don't read as bo chap study, full gear training till post races... We are all learning how to best manage time.] Those turning up half the time (attendance 50% or less), improvement appreciated (still observing) - 5 months only, it's up to the individual.. enough said.
Sec 1s and 2s
Pleasant surprise welcomed but enough is enough with excuses like
being emo (elmo is cuter),
losing focus (e.g. psp, errr... bubble tea? =P),
sian,
looking for shortcuts,
losing .. lost interest (lack of motivation),
injuries (and doing nothing about it),
aches (head, stomach, legs...),
slacking (coach isn't looking),
taking training lightly (yak, yak, train, yak, yak, yak, train)
.
.
.
.
.
some of you have greater potential than you think you have (or so the coach says)
btw, the last bbq intended for bonding - did it really serve the purpose?
~ quality beats quantity ~
Friday, October 24, 2008
Holiday Training Schedule
Those who have received the letter to parent informing holiday training schedule (aka those who turned up @ 22nd Oct training) would have known by now - else this is for those absent with valid reasons [or think they are still in the CCA (and attending only when they feel like it? boo)]:
Year End Holiday Training:
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday @ 2 pm
Changes in dates would be convey, the training before - can think of at least 2 -> Next Monday 27th Oct Deepavali! and next Friday 31st Oct session to be postponed to Saturday 1st Nov since 1st Nov is JSS Open House (0830 - 1600 hr).
On a different note...
-> Bridging Gaps took place 2 days back - although they wanted Sec 1 and 2 athletes to represent the CCA initially, it's Bo Yi and Ke Hui (Thanks!) who ultimately got roped in to help. (huh?? that's my reaction too.) The Sec 2s were likely to be more OK with this (since they were out for rock-climbing) while some of the Sec 1s seem more disappointed for one decent reason (My Primary School juniors came!) or another (not so decent reason ... which I shall not elaborate)
-> Parents-Teachers Meeting took place yesterday - met some of your parents/guardian/siblings - wondered how many of you are compulsory cases (i.e. not performing up to to expectation, behaving badly, etc)?? A small number hopefully! Anyway, please submit your report slip for us to make a copy.
Was talking to a student who's CCA-less currently, he made a remark .. something like "But I had a CCA till Sec 2, won't I get the CCA points and won't the teacher write something for me in the testimonial at the end of Sec 4 or 5?" To clarify, once your CCA attendance falls below 50% in a particular year, any points earned in previous years DO NOT count. For attendance below 75%, any points earned in that year do not count. [So it makes no sense to just join races and skip trainings] And pleaseEe ... if you had created much inconvenience for your CCA teachers ic (e.g. in chasing for attendance, reasons for absence, etc), the teacher will not have much nice things to say too.
So this is really to those who hasn't been attending CCA regularly, or comptemplating to drop a CCA (and not get another CCA and who's quite pleased with the extra time for gaming, play soccer, etc), make sure you are able to carry the consequences which come along with your irresponsible behaviour. Just to confirm, all of you shouldn't be with Cross-Country if CCA points is your only concern (uniform groups will earn you more points).
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Year end holz is the best time to train intensively but the school and surrounding at this time of the year isn't the best place - O level (volume down), renovation and repair, roadworks outside (uneven paths and roads), rain ... Whatever it is, will still need to train with or without these restrictions (next year National competitions are pushed forward), please take extra care of yourself.
~ end of exams, mid of O level, start of holz ~
Year End Holiday Training:
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday @ 2 pm
Changes in dates would be convey, the training before - can think of at least 2 -> Next Monday 27th Oct Deepavali! and next Friday 31st Oct session to be postponed to Saturday 1st Nov since 1st Nov is JSS Open House (0830 - 1600 hr).
On a different note...
-> Bridging Gaps took place 2 days back - although they wanted Sec 1 and 2 athletes to represent the CCA initially, it's Bo Yi and Ke Hui (Thanks!) who ultimately got roped in to help. (huh?? that's my reaction too.) The Sec 2s were likely to be more OK with this (since they were out for rock-climbing) while some of the Sec 1s seem more disappointed for one decent reason (My Primary School juniors came!) or another (not so decent reason ... which I shall not elaborate)
-> Parents-Teachers Meeting took place yesterday - met some of your parents/guardian/siblings - wondered how many of you are compulsory cases (i.e. not performing up to to expectation, behaving badly, etc)?? A small number hopefully! Anyway, please submit your report slip for us to make a copy.
Was talking to a student who's CCA-less currently, he made a remark .. something like "But I had a CCA till Sec 2, won't I get the CCA points and won't the teacher write something for me in the testimonial at the end of Sec 4 or 5?" To clarify, once your CCA attendance falls below 50% in a particular year, any points earned in previous years DO NOT count. For attendance below 75%, any points earned in that year do not count. [So it makes no sense to just join races and skip trainings] And pleaseEe ... if you had created much inconvenience for your CCA teachers ic (e.g. in chasing for attendance, reasons for absence, etc), the teacher will not have much nice things to say too.
So this is really to those who hasn't been attending CCA regularly, or comptemplating to drop a CCA (and not get another CCA and who's quite pleased with the extra time for gaming, play soccer, etc), make sure you are able to carry the consequences which come along with your irresponsible behaviour. Just to confirm, all of you shouldn't be with Cross-Country if CCA points is your only concern (uniform groups will earn you more points).
----------------
Year end holz is the best time to train intensively but the school and surrounding at this time of the year isn't the best place - O level (volume down), renovation and repair, roadworks outside (uneven paths and roads), rain ... Whatever it is, will still need to train with or without these restrictions (next year National competitions are pushed forward), please take extra care of yourself.
~ end of exams, mid of O level, start of holz ~
Monday, September 15, 2008
Bridging Gaps 08
Missed out an important point from the previous post–especially for those MIAs - and reminder for those present–Mr Lim wants a copy of your result slip–pass your report book to me the last day of the term for photocopying.
More about Bridging Gaps for Sports CCA–it's scheduled a month later on 15 Oct 2008 morning. Bridging Gaps is an annual half-day programme in which we hope to recruit P6 students who are talented in Sports to come to our school. On our part, of course we would be looking out for students athletes with potential or show interest in running.
We've request to invite these 4 schools because they have a T&F team in the school - Fuhua Primary, Zhenghua Primary, Jurong Primary and Pioneer Primary. The final list is still pending as it will also depend on which schools the other Sports CCA nominated.
The 10 tentative ambassadors for Cross-Country / Track & Field are:
Selas, Reshmi, Kanessan, Wei Sheng,
Wan Ping, Nikki, Yi Ying, Samuel, Jin Ming, Jia Wei
Will inform again when the final list of schools who are invited is out; guess some of you rightly point out that the P6 will feel more welcomed if they can talk to an ex-senior from the same Primary school.
Btw, have you heard? Singapore's first ever gold medal in Paralympics comes from Yip Pin Xiu for 50 m backstroke
[She set a new world record of 57.92 s and that's for her heats]
~ giving your best in whatever you do ~
More about Bridging Gaps for Sports CCA–it's scheduled a month later on 15 Oct 2008 morning. Bridging Gaps is an annual half-day programme in which we hope to recruit P6 students who are talented in Sports to come to our school. On our part, of course we would be looking out for students athletes with potential or show interest in running.
We've request to invite these 4 schools because they have a T&F team in the school - Fuhua Primary, Zhenghua Primary, Jurong Primary and Pioneer Primary. The final list is still pending as it will also depend on which schools the other Sports CCA nominated.
The 10 tentative ambassadors for Cross-Country / Track & Field are:
Selas, Reshmi, Kanessan, Wei Sheng,
Wan Ping, Nikki, Yi Ying, Samuel, Jin Ming, Jia Wei
Will inform again when the final list of schools who are invited is out; guess some of you rightly point out that the P6 will feel more welcomed if they can talk to an ex-senior from the same Primary school.
Btw, have you heard? Singapore's first ever gold medal in Paralympics comes from Yip Pin Xiu for 50 m backstroke
[She set a new world record of 57.92 s and that's for her heats]
~ giving your best in whatever you do ~
Friday, September 12, 2008
Training 120908
So it's the last official training as CCA stands down for EOY preparation.
Alas... one of the sessions where many (especially the Sec 2s) were mia, for official reasons or otherwise (excuses?). Anyway, the team did 7 sets of circuits - knee lifts (using cones); Mr Lim pointed out various observations (which he did not wish to repeat):
- Landing (after over the cones) should be with forefoot; not flat foot.
- Lift the knee high and run across the cones; not skip or jump sideways.
- Strong swing of the arms by the sides (front and back).
- Maintain a straight, strong posture and look up front; not with tensed up shoulders and/or focusing on the ground.
- This has been emphasized times and again -> punctuality in warming up; need not depend on the vice captains to get the team ready; everyone can be more conscious about starting on time. Collecting of equipment and set up should be a team effort, regardless of level or gender.
That's the "practical" part–training!
Now's the "theory" i.e. academic!
For many of you, there's likely to be quite a lot to catch up; please inform me early if you need help for Mathematics and/or Physics (regardless of level/class).
& bear Mr Lim's words in mind, self train if possible, preferably in small groups with your teammates. It shouldn't take long (~1 hour) if you are focused.
Lunch, followed by consultation with me (while digesting food), then self-training -> Sounds good, doesn't it? =)
Alas... one of the sessions where many (especially the Sec 2s) were mia, for official reasons or otherwise (excuses?). Anyway, the team did 7 sets of circuits - knee lifts (using cones); Mr Lim pointed out various observations (which he did not wish to repeat):
- Landing (after over the cones) should be with forefoot; not flat foot.
- Lift the knee high and run across the cones; not skip or jump sideways.
- Strong swing of the arms by the sides (front and back).
- Maintain a straight, strong posture and look up front; not with tensed up shoulders and/or focusing on the ground.
- This has been emphasized times and again -> punctuality in warming up; need not depend on the vice captains to get the team ready; everyone can be more conscious about starting on time. Collecting of equipment and set up should be a team effort, regardless of level or gender.
That's the "practical" part–training!
Now's the "theory" i.e. academic!
For many of you, there's likely to be quite a lot to catch up; please inform me early if you need help for Mathematics and/or Physics (regardless of level/class).
& bear Mr Lim's words in mind, self train if possible, preferably in small groups with your teammates. It shouldn't take long (~1 hour) if you are focused.
Lunch, followed by consultation with me (while digesting food), then self-training -> Sounds good, doesn't it? =)
Sunday, August 17, 2008
0969
0969 - That's the new world record
2163 - That's the number tag of Usain Bolt
2230 last night - did you catch the race? Bolt rewrites his previous record in a seeming easy manner. Think he slowed down the last 10 m or so, so that he may break it again soon? Especially enjoyed the replay of his front view while racing - a slower start as all run while looking down at the track... for the first 10, 20 m then head up and look in front, great swing of arms with fingers straight while exhaling and inhaling to regulate breathing. The last 30 m or so? No one can catch him! Hardly make a good commentator but you get the point if you've watched.
& the math part: 9.69 s for 100 m
= 100m / 9.69s
= (100/1000) km / (9.69 /60x60) h
= 0.1 km / 0.002692 h
= 37.1 km/h !
How about this one? -> 1708
1708 - That's the birth date of Mr Lim! May good health comes his way!
Reminder: Wed training: 1430 set up, 1445 warm up~
2163 - That's the number tag of Usain Bolt
2230 last night - did you catch the race? Bolt rewrites his previous record in a seeming easy manner. Think he slowed down the last 10 m or so, so that he may break it again soon? Especially enjoyed the replay of his front view while racing - a slower start as all run while looking down at the track... for the first 10, 20 m then head up and look in front, great swing of arms with fingers straight while exhaling and inhaling to regulate breathing. The last 30 m or so? No one can catch him! Hardly make a good commentator but you get the point if you've watched.
& the math part: 9.69 s for 100 m
= 100m / 9.69s
= (100/1000) km / (9.69 /60x60) h
= 0.1 km / 0.002692 h
= 37.1 km/h !
How about this one? -> 1708
1708 - That's the birth date of Mr Lim! May good health comes his way!
Reminder: Wed training: 1430 set up, 1445 warm up~
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