Busy day today. I woke up to the smell of cake and a birthday card, and my family had a minuscule birthday celebration. After that, there was a practice for White Eagles, which only 5 others showed up to. We worked on certain positions according to my idea of how we should play (namely having a target man and midfielders providing attacking runs), then one-timers, and then had a 3 on 3 game where we focused on triangles. Two hours of that was a decent work out, but nothing too strenuous. I don't know how to organize a team is less than half of it shows up to practice.
After the eagles practice, I had a game a couple hours later. I arrived late and missed warm-up, and got thrown right onto the starting line-up as striker. I was cold and played horribly, but shaped up after halftime. I ended up scoring the tying goal from a rebound and assisted the goal before that, making a 5-all draw from a 3-5 loss. Not bad, if I say so. I had a deflected ball crank me in the face at one point, but I toughed it out and we salvaged the draw.
As I reffed dodgeball, one of my pals, David, mentioned that two of the guys on one of the other teams were Romby Bryant and Arjei Franklin, who play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the city's local (American) football team. David's a huge Bomber fan, so his friend (with a small dog that made him look like he was wearing a fur-lined coat) put me up to asking the guys if they could say hi. I did, and David was ecstatic to the point of shaking. Funny stuff, if you ask me. The footballers are nice guys, too.
I ended up playing another dodgeball game afterwards for a good work out with the team that likes to refer to me as Mittens. I'm still at a loss to why, but it's fine.
One good thing I've been doing lately - stretching a lot. I've also learned that dynamic stretching is more important before a match, and that static stretching actually decreases muscle strength, so it should be done after the game.
Also, I've found one of my best attributes is my positioning, a la David Trezeguet. That man's incredible, he's a horrible touch, but he just always seems to be in the right place. Sure he missed a crucial penalty in the World Cup, but if a man can't miss a penalty... And yes Derek, that is my opinion of him.
Also, my parents offered to buy me a pair of soccer shoes for my birthday, and I've no idea what to get. My Umbro S5s were great, but I've heard good things about Adidas Sambas. The following pair, though, look incredible. That could be because white and gold is one of my favourite colour schemes. Looking good is important too.
Adidas F30 Indoor.
After the eagles practice, I had a game a couple hours later. I arrived late and missed warm-up, and got thrown right onto the starting line-up as striker. I was cold and played horribly, but shaped up after halftime. I ended up scoring the tying goal from a rebound and assisted the goal before that, making a 5-all draw from a 3-5 loss. Not bad, if I say so. I had a deflected ball crank me in the face at one point, but I toughed it out and we salvaged the draw.
As I reffed dodgeball, one of my pals, David, mentioned that two of the guys on one of the other teams were Romby Bryant and Arjei Franklin, who play for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the city's local (American) football team. David's a huge Bomber fan, so his friend (with a small dog that made him look like he was wearing a fur-lined coat) put me up to asking the guys if they could say hi. I did, and David was ecstatic to the point of shaking. Funny stuff, if you ask me. The footballers are nice guys, too.
I ended up playing another dodgeball game afterwards for a good work out with the team that likes to refer to me as Mittens. I'm still at a loss to why, but it's fine.
One good thing I've been doing lately - stretching a lot. I've also learned that dynamic stretching is more important before a match, and that static stretching actually decreases muscle strength, so it should be done after the game.
Also, I've found one of my best attributes is my positioning, a la David Trezeguet. That man's incredible, he's a horrible touch, but he just always seems to be in the right place. Sure he missed a crucial penalty in the World Cup, but if a man can't miss a penalty... And yes Derek, that is my opinion of him.
Also, my parents offered to buy me a pair of soccer shoes for my birthday, and I've no idea what to get. My Umbro S5s were great, but I've heard good things about Adidas Sambas. The following pair, though, look incredible. That could be because white and gold is one of my favourite colour schemes. Looking good is important too.
Adidas F30 Indoor.
2 comments:
fucking trezeguet fucxking disown the fucking fuck send him to the goolag with astar the robot from planet danger fuck. man, romby bryant and arjei franklin...that would have been sweet.
and it's canadian football...not american......thats like calling an irishman a scott
It was pretty sweet, and I was able to talk to them like it was really nothing because I'm not an insanely enormous bomber fan. Cool stuff.
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