alrite, let’s talk abt regrets today.
I tink so far these r the worst setbacks for me s long s I’m a coach.
My 1st setback
KSS B div’06 west zone: I always believe it’s bad timing for us. Our 'journey' only lasted 2months (but our relationship seems many years). I went kss too late while they left kss too early.These gals have the most desire to excel. They never stop fighting at all on and off court. They were my 1 and only team so far that I see 12 pple wanting to win so much as a team. It’s like everyone is on court themselves.
I tink if not for these gals, I’ll not coach using my heart. I might not even b passionate abt coaching at all too. They asked me to create a miracle for them and they made me want to create a miracle for them. At that point of time, all of us believe we could really create miracle. We were strong becos all of us are fighting with 1 heart to create that miracle. Alas, we didn’t create any miracle. However, we were applauded by everyone present at the court for the fight we put up. No one thought we could put up a gd fight but we did. We lost but we’ve no regrets at all. We left but we were always remembered by many as KSS B gals’ 06.
My 2nd setback
YTSS C div’06 nationals:
This team is like my 1st baby. The 1st team I took over when I started off as a full-time coach. My 1st 5+(1) players: ong yingpei, candytook, psm, triciatan, Valerie + jassimidan. I’ve put in a lot of effort in this team and they r always my priority. Unfortunately, them being less receptive towards me had always undermine our progress. Nevertheless, we made our mark in NZ ’06.
When in nationals, I’ve high confidence of going into top8. However, some of them seems rather enough with top16. by the time they wanna fight, it’s already too late.
Til now, I still believe this regret is not brought abt by skills/tactics but more to them being resistance to me, lousy team spirit/bonding, tinkin too lowly of themselves & low/no desire to win. Therefore, we shld always regret this cos we didn’t lose to opponent but ourselves. Really, we could have gone so far if they have more faith in themselves and me…really..
My 3rd setback
To be filled…hopefully not..