Soccer is not my life. But it has changed my life a lot a lot....
I was really introduced to soccer sometime at the end of my sec 2 days. Before knowing anything about soccer, i was the after sch go straight home and sit in front of the computer type. Boring lifestyle. I din even watch soccer games on tv cuz i found them boring.
Starting it was Bedok cage, and only bedok cage. After tt we discovered a basketball court suitable for this wonderful game.
A long long time ago, I knew nuts about soccer. I can't kick a high ball. I can't trap ball. I can't make long passes. I can't pass properly. I can't head (I still can't properly but at least i dare to le =D). I used to pass not wif my feet but hitting my ankle bone at the ball. But the passes were rather ok. After a while, i discovered by myself that i should not do tt. Do i started to try kicking the top partof the ball wif my inside foot. Practised at home =D
Next came the shooting. One fine day, me ray and bit went to bedok and they sort of taught me how to shoot. About locking the ankle and using the instep. Cuz i thought shooting was juz like passing but vv hard. Nah.. so i kicked and kicked at home. Den one night, i suddenly happen to juz lock my ankle and whacked a ball. I tried again. Succesful.
Den came match practice sessions. We played wif each other or against others at Bedok. Starting i knew nth and pretty much sucked. No positioning sense was so ever. Dunno how it came into me alsp, but the ball sense part muz have come from watching matches. Anyway, San was the one who sort of taught me how to pressure and tackle. Cuz he kept making me run to chase him. Of course not up and down but in circles so it was quite ok.
So soccer and soccer and more soccer, i improved a lot a lot a lot! Really =D. Shut up vin and jun!
Ok, so wad has all these gt to do wif changing my life? Rmb going straight home after sch and had practically no "After sch" friends? Yup, wif soccer, my friendship wif the guys improved slowly. So it was no go home after sch. I stayed around. Talked cock. Econed. Tea Valley. Sometimes i sch too. And also after sch go basketball court kick ball. That's one part of my life changed.
Another, all the exercising. About 18kg was shed. =) It might not be solely due to soccer, but wadeva. Haha!
Then there was going out at night, which i nv did at all! Pathetic huh. So there was midnight movies and walking home after tt following the mrt track across the expressway. And going to "the CC" =D or jun's hse to watch soccer matches or play PS.
So after getting closer to the guys first, den came the girl, or in other words, my whole class. So i went to pasir ris park wif them. Truth or dared. Or juz to go and talk. Those were the days.... Oh.. and vid!! Though his attempted teaching me how to ride a bike din really succeed, it sort of made me able to cycle straight. Dunno how much effort was put in sia.. I still rmb his and san tompanging me on their bike.. It was a difficult task. But not now i think =D. Shut up vin!
A big big part of my life changed cuz of soccer. All the friends made...
Now, another topic...
I wan to thank ppl =).
San and Bit, for all their teaching on soccer, both tactically and technically. And i'm still learning a lot from them.
Vid, for his bicycle lessons =D.
Ray and Jun, for their accompany on numerous occasions.
Vin, for his accompany in Kenyir =D.
Yixin, for bullshitting wif me during lessons and honing our bs skills
Jinyi, who talked a lot wif me and tt helped in my "talking to girls" skill. Cuz last time i couldnt talk and look at the person. Which i think i basic respect.
Elaine, for being herself. Haha! Shut up Vin!
That's all i can think for now bah....
Pretty long post eh.. =)