♣ Last weights session ♣

Today is the last day of weights for the team & some of the players. Emotions are flying around the gym.

As usual, Ah Yong (our trainer) gave us a tin of lollis & jelly beans & thanked us for being so hardworking. Of course, we are the best.

I tried to avoid looking at the rest of them as some were tearing. *sob sob* I think no one will want this to come into an end although we kept complaining about trainings we had.

We are a team for 3 to 4 years & train so intensive. I guess I won't enjoy as much as I do when they aren't around.

News updates : Thieves are appearing out of nowhere to steal valuable items from unattended bags. Please don't leave your belongings unattended!

♣ 3 quarters of court time ♣

Had a wonderful 3 quarters of court time just now. Played 2 quarters of GA & a quarter of GS. My runs were better this time round & couldn't felt the stiffness on the knee.

Mental breakdown after being knocked by Ling. I was shocked by the knock I guess... Started to tear...

I need to stay stronger this time round... No more tearing...

♣ 2 quarters of court time ♣

Just had 2 quarters of court time with the squad, played GS & GA. My movements were so stiff & not smooth when I'm playing GS. At GA, I could run freely without thoughts in my mind & the movements were better.

My conclusion : Got to warm up my right leg more than usual.

Today's video shoot was a joke. We were informed that the shoot would be at indoor court but they changed their minds & turned out to be at outdoor court. What a waste of time!!! They should have done the shooting at Kallang netball courts instead of Singapore Sports School.

Well... never mind...

Got new bodysuit for upcoming World Champs. It's blue in color. Yeah!!!

♣ It's so fun with them around ♣

Game in the morning was cancelled due to the rain & we did wet weather session indoor. Had a mini run throughs for the attacking end.

Had a powerful nap from 2 to 4.20pm which I didn't even wanna wake up to go for training. Was so glad that I increased my single leg press weights to 170kg. Though the right leg seems to grow stronger, it wasn't that strong as I thought on court. But it's ok... just got to pull it through the World Champs!!!

They were so funny today... Wondering what's happening & what caused them to laugh so much. 1 of them had her shorts torn while trying to do the barbell squats & created hilarious laughters in the gym.

This World Champs will be the last journey for us together as a team. Let's make it a memorable one!

♣ 1st training game after 5 months ♣

I was down for a quarter of training game with the squad. It's MARVELLOUS!!! Really felt so good playing on court though it's only just a quarter.

But I landed too hard on the ACL leg while doing the warm up drill & it hurts. *OUCH*

My shooting was 100% (I think) & really felt so different from previous trainings. Guess I'm possessed when I'm on court playing.

The sun was so hot in the afternoon & I was sunburnt during the video shoot at Singapore River Promenade. My face.... hands.... neck were so red... I got a "chao ta" forehead now.

♣ Added too much pressure ♣

Recently my shooting really sucks, it's not just a miss, it's 7 to 8 shots consecutively missed!!! What's wrong again?

Obviously Kate came over & asked me why. I told her that I was too focused on my movements that I forgot to switch into shooting mode. And partly because I really felt very bad throwing bad passes to them & I kept saying "Sorry" to them throughout the whole training.

Too much emotions in me, I got to get rid of it. But I guess it wasn't easy. Too much stuffs happening at home... How to concentrate?

♣ Stronger? ♣

Increased the weights for my program today & really worked me out.

Progression : I did 2 chin ups on my own. *applause*

This morning when we had the training, I couldn't catch Lix's passes. Came into conclusion that it must the missing carrot cake. I didn't have it for breakfast as it's sold out.

Tomorrow will be hydro at 8am. Gosh!!! So early... We'll be making the most hilarious joke in the pool tomorrow. All of us will be in our "ATTIRE" for the hydro. =)

K Lunch with some of them tomorrow!!!

♣ Saturday training ♣

Never expected to wait for the train for 12 minutes & ended up being late for training.

Chin had planned an "endurance circuit" for us.

1. Carry the 20kg bag on both sides of the shoulder & do 10 squats. After both sides were done, carry the bag & do 10 shoulder press.

2. Push the van for a distance.

3. Pull the slat with 50kg weights for a distance.

And we got to do 4 sets of that. Obviously I used a lot on my left quads as I couldn't feel any aching on the right quads.

It rained 15 to 20 mins later after the training ended.

Next saturday will be another session... And the hardest part is, we have to go for spin class in the afternoon.

♣ Basic again ♣

Shooters have another session but the rest got their active rest. Today we focused more on our basic landing & shooting because we shot very badly during yesterday's training.

Did a lot of jump ins to catch the ball. And the happiest part was I didn't even tape my knee as I didn't want to rely too much on the taping in preparations for the World Champs.

30% of my body wasn't aching but I'm sure after tomorrow's session, I will drop dead on the bed in the afternoon.

♣ Aching... ♣

Today is the 4th day of training & we were like "Oh my... aching...." I even wore my top & bottom skins to sleep in the afternoon. Ling asked, "Huh? You slept in air con room?" I replied "No... on the fan la..." Anyway my side was pouring & it felt cool...

Right now after the morning trainings, I will definitely do the soaking in hot colds. If not, I guess I'll be worst than aching.

Good training session tonight when I stopped hard after sprinting. Though it might felt weird, I think my leg was stronger than compared to last week.

Tomorrow is another shooters' session before I could get the full afternoon day off from netball.

♣ Another tiring day ♣

We had bridge run at 9am in the morning. Who on earth will wake up so early to run under the hot sun? Pacing was good at the start but Kate wanted the rest to increase their speed & *zoom* off they go... Their images had becoming smaller & smaller til a point I already couldn't see them.

The run took me less than 40 mins to complete which I was amazed by myself. If it's the old me, I will take more than 45 mins. Well done!!!

Went for rehab after the run & did the hots colds. And Steve helped me to massage my legs. *Woo* so sweet of him...

I just did full training session with them & I really felt so good. More confident in my runs, jumps now.

Now my legs were aching so badly...

♣ SpexGlow starts ♣

Still got to wake up early to go for my biodex test at 9am. Was very nervous doing this test as it'll determine if I could get court time.

Dr Cormac was very pleased with my results though it didn't look as good to me. But compared to the previous test, my quads strength had increased 15% & my hamstring strength had increased 50%. My goodness!!! Well... my left leg increased in the strength too. *sad*

I hit 160kg for the single leg press just now. *wow*

sigh~~~ tomorrow got bridge run at 9am. The long bridge...

♣ It's so near to 8th Oct ♣

Finally it's Friday today, which means SpexGlow is so near to us, the workers. Took 1 month leave from work to go for intensive trainings + rehab sessions.

Most importantly, 8th is really very important to me. Got to do the biodex test again to see the deficit again. If I can hit 90% strength for the ACL leg, I can go back on court for full training & game!!! *I'm scare*

I shall test myself to pull 2 chin ups on my own from next week. Time to test my strength again...

♣ Never felt so good for so long ♣

Everyone was shaking in fear worrying about the beep test they got to go on with, including me. When it comes to beep test, everyone hates it but they will still give their best to beat their old records.

As usual, I'm the 1st to stop running at the level which I'm always stuck at. But this time round, I felt much more lighter than usual when I ran for the test. 4 kg loss was really good for me. My bum wasn't interfering my runs anymore...

Finally I did full training with the team & it really felt so good. The feeling was much more better than last week when I felt that I'm a handicap to the team.

Counting down to 8th Oct...

♣ Need concentration ♣

I must be too sleepy to do weights yesterday & caused me to do the ladder work incorrectly. Every parts of the muscles in my right leg were tight. I couldn't extend fully again when I'm doing the leg extension. ~sigh~

Nothing to talk about... Just wish that I could 100% fully recover...