Cheryl's reflection

Cheryl's reflection for training on November 12th(Wednesday)

SORRY FOR THE LONG ABSENCE OF THE SEC 3S!

Okay here's my reflection.

Warmups:10 rounds around the court because it was too hot outside
Drills:Agility ladder, hurdles, skipping, box2, box, triangle
And after the drills, we played 5 on 5 with the seniors.

I think the agility ladder was done too slowly because some of us weren't serious and just playing around. We should concentrate while doing our drills. JL also commented on the time we took to complete the ladder drills.
For the hurdles, we did the same thing as always. But like the ladder, there were people who weren't serious. I think when it comes to drills, we must all concentrate so that we can fully benefit from them.
Box, box2 and triangle refreshed our memories because some of us weren't too sure about some parts of it. It was good practice because there was one part where nazi and annabell planned some cut in move and in the 5 on 5, they actually did it. So this drill helped a lot.
5on5 showed us that our team was really improving. The flow is there and we're working much better together as a team. I think our fast breaks are really improving as we are able to have an outlet and cutter very smoothly and naturally. I think the past fastbreak drills that JL made us do really helped a lot.

Alright that's the end of my post (: LET'S WORK HARD AND DO EVERYONE PROUD :D

Cheryl TAN :D

Joycelyn's Reflection Journal

Joycelyn's Reflection Journal

Traning on Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Drills: agility ladder and hurdles, skipping, 3 corners passes, 2 ball drill, fast break drills, defence drill(box 2), long start and short start layups.

Focus:improve footwork(agility ladder & hurdles), improve jumping ability
(skipping), improve passes (3 corners passes), to improve our ball handling(2 ball drill), understanding fast break and defence strategies.

For the agility ladder, I was not really sure if I was doing the steps correctly, but with the guidance of my teammates, i managed to it. For the 3 corners passes, we were a bit confused at what passes we should do but with the seniors help, we managed to do them correctly. We did the fast break drills which some of us had never tried before and hence was a bit confused. But the seniors were very encouraging and taught us the correct way of doing it and tell us when we did something wrongly.

For the defence drill, box 2, almost everyone rememebered where we should be running to at different places compared to the past few trainings when we were confused with where we should be running to. So i think that everyone had spent effort into remembering the drill.

LOVE JOYCELYN:D

Rebecca's Reflection Journal

Training on Friday, 31st October 2008
Drills : 2.4 km, agility ladder and hurdles, skipping (100 skips X3, double skipping), underbasket hook shot, four corners with medicine ball (chest pass and overhead pass), passes, defence strategy (red, box 2, side box), playing match with sec 2 seniors, abs training.
Focus: Improve stamina (2.4km), improve footwork (agility ladder and hurdles), improve hook shot (underbasket hook shot), strength (medicine ball), understanding different defence strategy
Training on friday was slightly different than before. We did not have the sec 3s to help us and this enables us to be more independent during training and not relying on them to show us what to do. E.g. agility ladder; usually, they would show us and we would just follow them as they do, but on friday, eveyone had to do it themselves. Most of us remembered the footwork on the agility ladder and hurdles. When we were doing the underbasket hook shot, i couldn't really do it well, but my teamates cheered me on which encouraged me further, to accomplish what i had to do, and to do it well. Also, when doing our defence strategy, i did not really understand how to do, but my teamates taught me and showed me what i had to do. Overall, i felt that this training was a success in improving my stamina and footwork, and giving me a variety of defence strategies.

Izzah's Reflection Journal

Things we did on Friday, 31st October 2008
Drills : 2.4 km, agility ladder and hurdles, 300 skips, double skipping, underbasket hoop shot, four corners with medicine ball (chest pass and overhead pass), passes, defence strategy (red, box 2, side box), playing match, abs training
Focus: Improve stamina, improve footwork, to improve our hoop shots, strength, understand the different types of defence strategy

While i was doing the 300 skips, i felt quite tired at the last 100 skips when my leg will always tangle in the ropes. it was distracting, and keep stopping to get my leg out of the ropes. in the end i managed to do it. i think i had improve a little bit on my underbasket hoop shot. at first my ball keep going straight up and not towards the basket, but my teammates cheered me on and taught me how to do it right and i was able to do it. i thinnk i need to improve more in my strength as i was doing the four corners with the medicine ball, my hands felt weak after awhile. i wasn't very focused in today's training as i kept forgetting the defence strategy and how to do it, but i will make sure that i pay more attention to it next time. we played match against the sec twos, then at last, we did abs training with the sec twos.

Love,
IZZAH!:D

Yolanda's Reflection Journal

Reflection on training on Wednesday, 29th October 2008

Drills: Running 2.4km, Skipping - 300 skips & 50 double skips, Agility Ladder & Hurdles, Ball Handling, Match.
Focus: Improve stamina, to have swift movements, to improve coordination, to better our control of the ball.
When doing 300 skips, I was already exhausted. It got even worse when I started doing the double skips. Doing double skips is not my forte. Therefore, I took a really long time to complete it. However, the cheers from the sec 1s encouraged me to complete the double skips. Later, as we proceeded to the agility ladder and hurdles, I was quite distracted as I was very tired after the skipping. Luckily, I managed to focus in the later part of this drill. Lastly, we played matches against the seniors. Through these matches, I learned the correct way of defending as my previous way of defending was wrong. In Conclusion, although we did not do much drills in this training, but i had benefited a lot from it.

Cheers,
Yolanda

Mandy's Reflection Journal

Things we did on 23rd October 2008, Thursday.
Drills: 2.4km run, agility ladder and hurdles, skipping, 10 rounds barefooted on grass, lastly partner stretching.
Focus: Improve stamina, have quick thinking, become more nimble, improve ability to jump higher which is important, improve strength of ankle, in order to avoid muscle aching and to warm down.

Some steps for the agility ladder was hard and puzzling. while trying, i was eventually confused and was stuck not knowing what to do. luckily, the seniors were nice and taught me. hence i was able to get the hang of it. Especially steps that involved whole body and mind coordination, i was lost at those that involved beats. for example, drills like "in... in... out...out". i was not focused enough. Skipping improves jumping ability which is crucial for basketball. Also, it improves my stamina. Then we ran on the grass without wearing shoes, to improve our ankle. So that the chances of getting a sprained ankle was reduced. Lastly, we did partner stretching. Then we ended with a smile as it was another day we all had exercise.

Huifen's Reflection Journal

Reflection of 21st October, Tuesday's training.

Drills: 2.4km, agility ladder & hurdles, 300 skips, 3 sets of 400m sprinting, 1 round crab walk, abs training (e.g. superman), followed by pair stretching.

Focus: Improve stamina, to have swift movement, coordination, movement during defence, strengthen abs to improve balance and stretching to recover faster.

While doing drills on the agility ladder, I stumbled on quite a few as I was a little confused and distracted, but the seniors were very supportive, and constantly reminded me the correct steps, like "in in out out...", which made me feel encouraged and determined to finish the drill well. Although I felt drained and exhausted sprinting the 3 sets of 400m, cheers from the other sec 1s inevitably willed me to carry on. I wasn't very focused during today's training and was sensitive towards every little movement, so I shall pay more attention for the next training. To sum up, I felt that today's training was able improve my stamina and strengthen much of my weak muscles :)

WITH lots & lots of LOVE,

Huifen

Umi's Reflection Journal:D
My reflection for traning on 16thOctober2008(Thursday)

The drills that we did: 12 rounds, crab walk drill followed by ball handling then a game of monkey.
Focus: Improve on our movement during defence, stamina, ball handling, ball sense-how to expect where the ball is going to be passed and intercept it.
At first, I couldn't get the steps for one of the crab walk drills but B div cheered me on:D and helped me to get the steps right. I think that i was able to know how to intercept the ball with my ball sense but it still have to be improved. In my opinion, I think everyone was able to master and understand all the drills but may get lost at times and their reaction was one second late. But soon everyone was able to do it. YAY! During the training, i think i did focus but was distracted at times. I think that this training will really help in my defence as it improves our basics as well as our ball sense and of course, defence. :D

LOVE,UMI AMIRAH

Reflection Journal

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1) What is your high and low of the training?
2) What are the drills？ the focus?
3) Are you able to execute it?
4) How long did you take to understand and master it?
5) Did you give your best? Were you distracted?
6) How can it help in the tournament?

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