Thursday, March 08, 2007 @ 1:53 AM
We started off as individuals, went to trainings with uncertainty, and had no idea of how a team of 6 can be formed from the 13 of us. However, all of us had a common interest, we love volleyball.
Secondary one trainings were the most enjoyable. i recalled eileen and me used to look forward to every single training and we simply love trainings. Don chew was fun at that time. Although we lament about the exercises that he wants us to do most of the time, we will still do it with enthusiasium at the very end. It was those days, when we were innocent and still possess the passion for volleyball trainings. We felt that we could make a good team and we were right. We beat every single team in our group during the first round of Mini Cup and emerged champion in that group. However, there were stronger teams in other groups and we didnt get anything in the end. But still, we didnt expect that we were able to beat every team at the very first place,that was already a great achievement for us.
Things got worst during secondary 2. There were some personal feuds between some of us and our team broke up into small cliques. we weren't cooperative, we weren't close to each other, we lost our team spirit. Our standard dropped drastically as a result. Our passion for volleyball trainings no longer exist.
Slowly, the feuds were forgotten when we advanced to secondary three.We got closer and merged with the secondary twos to form a new team. The secondary twos were strong, and we could get along well, we improved as Don chew's torturous training proceeded. There was a period of time when our team was really at our peak, it was very obvious that our attack, as well as our defence was really strong. However, our standard was not predictable and it hovered unsteadily after that.
Secondary four, we entered the national secondary school volleyball competition. We got into top 16 after winning Junyuan and Dunman High. We were exhilarated. After that we proceeded and met stronger teams. Its was clear that our standard was not up to match with theirs', but what i can say is that we didn't play that bad after all. i love my team matessss!
Today, we had our last match against Xin Min secondary school. If we successfully beat them with 2-0, we
might be able to get into the quarter finals. top 8 in singapore! isnt't that a great achievement? But things always do not turn out to be what we expected, we lost with the score of 1-2.
This marks the end of my volleyball life.This means that
-i had successfully endured Don chew's pms and bad tempers for the past 3 years + 3 months.
-i do not have to go for trainings 3 times a week anymore(it's one time per week until may from now on)
-i have more time for myself
-i can go home early
- i don't have to go for training TOMORROW!
This sounds fun!
On the other hand, it's really a bit saddening to accept the fact that the competition that we had trained so hard for is officially
over and i am no longer in the volleyball team,
no longer. i No longer have to attend trainings and train hard for the next competition, like what i did every year. This is contradicting, but it is exactly how i am feeling now. Mixed feelings. Relief because it ended, but not wanting it to end so suddenly.
Perhaps, it is only when something's over then we will start to regret about it and hope that it can be repeated again or prolonged.
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