I don't feel energetic at all...



I just feel so lifeless at the moment, no energy to walk, no energy to run, or even to talk...



Tiring isn't it, tend to sleep more often...



Just wondering why am i not so active??



That kind of explosive movements and agile speed, where is it?

Taylors Closed Badminton Tournament

Today's tournament was a blessing in disguise for me...Partnered Andy and played doubles(because there's only doubles game) for this tournament...

(Note: Only 1 game and 21 points, no deuce)




First round we played off against some dude, was a close match, supposingly we are having the advantage, but sadly we wasted it and made many mistakes, lost out in 19-21..



Then we were sent to the loser pool, where players are given second chance to play...we went up till Quarter Finals and finally we went down to some lecturer partnering an ICT Staff with the score 14-21...


Here's the path all the way to Quarter Finals:

1st round: 21-10

2nd round: 21-7

Quarter Finals: 14-21



At first, we were able to keep up with the momentum and able to take the lead at 11-10, but they managed to catch up till 13-13, where my partner started to get panic and made many mistakes and they caught up till 19-13, and only we managed to scored back a point from them...they went ahead of us and i made a mistake at the last point and then GAME...we lost to them....Was an exciting and close match there...



Wish to be play better, but currently with an elbow injury bugging me, i guess it's no good for me...



Have to start training back already, get back the confidence i used to have...



Finals coming soon, studies first ~ then back to intensive training =)

1 day

Just one more day left and Taylors Closed Badminton Tournament arrives....



With my current form today, i don't know whether can i perform like how i used to be in 1 month ago?



I just made plenty of crappy mistakes and they are just annoying....



Guess to become a good player, the first thing i need to get rid off are mistakes...



I need inspiration...



*Sigh*

Just 2 more days

It's just 2 more days to Taylors Badminton Tournament and all of us are getting excited...



I'll be heading the tournament with my partner, Andy...



For now, we gotta stay focus and in our mind, there's only one target...



"Don't give up and fight till the very last point"



Yep !

Mind

My mind tells me to take the shot, the next second it told me to give up that shot....



My mind tells me to execute that shot, but then seconds later my mind tells me to do another kind of shot...



It's kinda confusing me somehow....



My mind is not forcing me to move, it's just making me stoning there, doing nothing...



I lost that "force" to move around court quick and reach my shots earlier....



Please "force" it out from me....

Challenge

I faced a stiff challenge today...


Lost out to Lawrence, a friend Henry brought today....really consistent guy he is...lost to him in the first game 13-21...did not continue the 2nd game due to time constrain....


I could move towards his shot, but i got cheated by him, he's very steady and he knows how to set up his game, impressive indeed...


Before i can proceed anywhere else, he will be my boulder and this is a new challenge for me !


New Challenge New Target to Achieve !

So close yet so far...

Reached at the tournament at 12pm, saw a lot of exciting matches...made my heart beat so quick...



Many good players were playing there, met some of my friends there too....Really exciting game...



Waited for my doubles match for quite some time yet it was delayed for another hour, watched some exhibition match of national players playing such as Tan Chun Seang, Gan Teck Chai, Tan Bin Shen, Chong Wei Feng and Liew Daren....



After that, they didn't annouce our match number, instead they skipped to the girl's singles...felt strange and went to ask the management...according to them, our opponent didnt turn up, so it was a walkover for us =_="



Waited for another few hours and finally here comes my 2nd round...Played against some veteran...due to the inexperienced me and Melvin, we screwed up our game into some crap...Lost out to our opponent 13-21, 9-21



Was a bit wasted, there was a chance to win the match... T_T



I will train harder, now my level motivates me to get better...

Phew

Finally, econs assignment is finally over for me...the crazy nightmare...



Now can start focusing on my tournaments !


Oh yea ! Time to get started ! =)

Was a satisfying match against philip eventhough i lost...



Score was 21-19, 15-21, 12-21

I kinda lost my feelings when i went for training yesterday...



Couldn't feel the kind of "paksa" feeling in my footwork, i don't know why...



Lost that kind of aggresive and offensive play i used to have...



What is wrong....


Tell me....

Im kinda tired nowadays....i wonder why....

Endurance

Yesterday's training was purely tough, with lots of matches i have to play....



Coach Doni instructed me and asked me to continue to stay on court...



Strokes weren't that good, footwork was just an "ok" for me, not good...



Smashes were all inconsistent...bad...



Need to improve on that, by next week i have to be ready

Assignments !

Boo ~~~ to assignments !!!



I'm currently packed with Technical English 2, Building Materials and Economics Assignment and guess what, their submission date are like all sticking together >.<



9/4/09 - TE2 Draft

13/4/09 - Building Materials Assignment Report

17/4/09 - Economics Assignment Report




Headache and Tired >.<

Revive

It's time to wake up, not standing there and getting left behind, pick up the racquet and work hard again...



It's time to Revive !

First round casualties

Once again, I bowed out to my opponent with the score 17-30...



I admit that I did not do enough of preparation...



Opponent was great too, hard smashes, good reflexes, really gave me some headache of placing the shots...



Made many mistakes at the start which gave my opponent a big gap to lead the game, was never able to close the gap...



Smashes are powerful, many of it killed me =(



Now that i have known where my mistakes are, it's time to change to prepare for 18th and 25th april...

Form

I did many mistakes today during sparring sessions when playing against Melvin....lost in 21-14, 12-21, 18-21...



Did not touch my racquet since last sunday and tomorrow is the tournament....



Just gotta try my best, regardless of losing or winning...



All the best to Tze Voon and Jackson too =)



Will not disappoint everybody...