Home of the fireBRANDS' Floorballers

WE'VE MOVED!

2011-04-14T17:17:00.003+08:00

fireBRANDS FC has moved to our new website.

updates are available on the new website!

fireBRANDS FC Website

TRAINING time for 10th April has changed.

2011-04-07T22:56:00.000+08:00

venue : RIFLE RANGE MARKET (PADANG TEMBAK MARKET)

time : 2.30pm - 5.30pm

days : 10th April, Sunday.

NEW training time

2011-04-02T02:42:00.002+08:00

dear first team and development players,

due to the Division 2 season being on Saturdays, fireBRANDS FC will now have a different training time to accommodate the desires of you all to train together weekly. therefore, the new training schedule are as follows :

venue : RIFLE RANGE MARKET (PADANG TEMBAK MARKET)

time : 4.15pm - 7.30pm

days : every SUNDAY

please be punctual and don't forget to pay up your fees to the Treasurer. thank you.

Friendly Match on WEDNESDAY

2011-03-14T22:32:00.003+08:00

Attention Development Players,

A friendly against Trailblazers.

Time : 10.00am - 12.00pm (please be there latest, 9.45am)
Date : 16th March 2011 (WEDNESDAY)
Venue : Balik Pulau Stadium
Attire : YELLOW jersey with black pants

There will be training after the match from 12 to 2pm at the same place.

Any enquiries, please contact Gary or Wayne.

besides that,

UPDATE!

HAMID KHAN training is ON this Friday!

PFL Division 2 2011

2011-03-14T22:31:00.000+08:00

19 March (Saturday)
1300 hours - SPFC Gladiator vs. fireBRANDS Patriots (red) [PLEASE BRING YOUR ORIGINAL IC ON THAT DAY, FAILURE TO DO SO, THE PLAYER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY]

2 April (Saturday)
0900 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (red) vs. Frontliners 300

16 April (Saturday)
0900 hours - Saberz Elite vs. fireBRANDS Patriots (red)

30 April (Saturday)
1500 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (yellow) vs. LiveSTRONG! Co

7 May (Saturday)
1300 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (yellow) vs. Saberz Alpha

NOTE :
- (*) brackets shown means the colour of jersey to WEAR on the match day
- Players are advised to be there 45 minutes before the match begins.
- Players are NOT allowed to be around the game floor. Please be at the spectator stands.
- If any of you need transport, please arrange with Wayne two days before match day. PLEASE. this will avoid last minute problems.
- If any of you can't make it, please let Wayne know.

Secretariats Schedule

2011-03-08T15:25:00.005+08:00

2 April 2011

1300 – 1500 : LiveSTRONG! Co vs. Saberz Elite

Secretariats : Per Yue(L), Andrew, Prandon

Clubs on duty on that day with you : Frontliners 300

16 April 2011

1300 – 1500 : LiveSTRONG! Co vs. Saberz Alpha

Secretariats : Ben Yeoh, Shaun Leow(L), Ronald

Clubs on duty on that day with you : SPFC Gladiator

30 April 2011

1100 – 1300 : Innebabes! Co vs. Trailblazers

Secretariats : Shaun(L), Ronald, Per Yue

Clubs on duty on that day with you : Saberz Alpha

7 May 2011

0900 – 1100 : Frontliners 300 vs. Saberz Elite

Secretariats : Shaqil, Prandon, Ben Yeoh(L)

Clubs on duty on that day with you : LiveSTRONG! Co

14 May 2011

0900 – 1100 : SWAT vs. Innebabes

Secretariats : Syafiq, Andrew(L), Shaqil

Clubs on duty on that day with you : Saberz Elite

Weekly Update

2011-03-08T15:13:00.004+08:00

dear Division 2 players,

there is a slight change to the schedule for PFL Div 2 for the following matches :

30 April (Saturday)

1500 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (yellow) vs. LiveSTRONG! Co (previously match time is at 0900 hours)

7 May (Saturday)

1300 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (yellow) vs. Saberz Alpha (previously match time is at 0900 hours)

please be noted of the changes for the match schedule. secretariats, please check for updates on the blog in a few days because there will be changes to the Secretariats schedule. thanks.

secondly, there will be no training this Saturday, 12th March.

"Hard work will beat talent when talent refuses to work hard"- Jose Villanueva

March 5th Training Update

2011-03-03T23:02:00.003+08:00

Saturday's training (March 5th) will be a combined training.

The time will be from 3 - 5pm at Red Crescent Headquarters.

Any enquiries, please ask Gary.

Update!

2011-02-24T23:19:00.002+08:00

Training time will resume back as usual on

Saturday

12-3pm : First Team
2.45-5pm : Development Team

Pls be punctual. If you can't make it, pls notify Gary or Wayne. Thanks!

I wasn't lying :)

2011-02-17T21:07:00.003+08:00

*Beijing Olympic 2008 Final*

See guys, i wasn't crapping when i said Datuk Lee had already lost the match before he played with Lin Dan during the 2008 olympic. Look at his face, the roar of Chinese fans blew his confidence back to Bukit Mertajam before he even get to take out his racquet. A player without mental strength is like a floorball stick without its blade, you can achieve nothing.

"Experience tells you what to do, Confidence allows you to do it."

Trainings that will HELP

2011-02-05T14:11:00.002+08:00

Introducing PHYSICAL N TECHNIQUES session!!
From this month onward, FIREBRANDS Floorball Club will provide our players with extra training with the aim of improving the level of fitness and sticks handling of our players.

Our Physical & Techniques Training is held at:

Padang Tembak Market
every Thursday
4.30pm to 7pm

Come join us and let us bring floorball to the next altitude TOGETHER.

Attn to ALL fireBRANDS

2011-02-05T11:00:00.001+08:00

There will be a friendly with Saberz Floorball Club. The details are as follows :

Date : 11th February 2011 (Friday)
Time : 5.00pm - 7.00pm (please be there by 4.30pm SHARP)
Attire : Red jerseys
Venue : Red Crescent Headquarters

Priority will be given to the DEVELOPMENT team but FIRST team do come cause you guys will be playing too.

For more information, please contact Wayne via facebook or text messaging.

Penang Floorball League Division 2 2011

2011-01-29T23:45:00.010+08:00

The following teams that will be competing in Penang Floorball League Division 2 2011 are :-

1. Frontliners 300
2. fireBRANDS Patriots
3. Saberz Elite
4. Saberz Alpha
5. SPFC Gladiator
6. LiveSTRONG! Co

Division 2 will begin on 19th March till 7th May 2011. All matches will be played on Saturday.

fireBRANDS Patriots match schedule are as follows :-

19 March (Saturday)
1300 hours - SPFC Gladiator vs. fireBRANDS Patriots (red) [PLEASE BRING YOUR ORIGINAL IC ON THAT DAY, FAILURE TO DO SO, THE PLAYER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PLAY]

2 April (Saturday)
0900 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (red) vs. Frontliners 300

16 April (Saturday)
0900 hours - Saberz Elite vs. fireBRANDS Patriots (red)

30 April (Saturday)
0900 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (yellow) vs. LiveSTRONG! Co

7 May (Saturday)
0900 hours - fireBRANDS Patriots (yellow) vs. Saberz Alpha

NOTE :
- (*) brackets shown indicates the colour of jersey to WEAR on the match day
- Players are advised to be there 45 minutes before the match begins.
- Players are NOT allowed to be around the game floor. Please be at the spectator stands.
- If any of you need transport, please arrange with Wayne two days before match day. PLEASE do this to avoid last minute problems.
- If any of you can't make it, please let Wayne know.

GUYS, ALL THE BEST IN PFL DIVISION TWO! LETS RETAIN THE CROWN.

Reminder

2011-01-20T01:38:00.003+08:00

Guys, please be reminded to bring your training fees this Saturday and also the payment for the jerseys, RM75! Please pass it to our treasurer, Win Keat. thank you! =)

PFL Division 2 2011

2011-01-17T22:49:00.007+08:00

FIREBRANDS FC's team of players competing in the Penang Floorball League Division 2 2011 are :

Nicholas Choong
Per Yue
Shaqil
Jesher
Andrew Roshan
Jonathan
Shaun
Ronald
Sherwynd
Prandon
Donovan
Edric Ang
Timothy Yeoh
Ben Yeoh
Nicholas Ang
Keeran
Derek

New blood, New wine skin, New Beginning.
Can we retain the CROWN?

"therefore i do not run like a man running aimlessly; i do not fight like a man beating the air..."

Training Schedule

2011-01-17T22:04:00.003+08:00

Hey Guys,

Pls be aware that the training time from NOW onwards TILL the END OF FEBRUARY will be

Every Saturday 1pm to 5pm

# 22nd of JAN (this coming Saturday) will be exception cause of school replacement so it will be from 3pm to 5pm

New Year 2011

2010-12-29T15:43:00.005+08:00

fireBRANDS Floorball Club would like to wish all the players and supporters a blessed new year ahead. As the new year blossoms, may the journey of your life be fragrant with new opportunities, your days be bright with new hopes and your heart be happy with love! Happy New Year!

Please take note some of the changes for our training next year
Club Training
Every Saturday 1pm-5pm (4hours)
Red Crescent Headquarters

Hamid Khan Training
Every Friday 3pm-5pm
Red Crescent Headquaters

FIRST TRAINING 1/1/11

This bright New Year is given to me to live each day with zest, to daily grow and try to be my highest and my best!
- William Arthur Ward

4th & 5th Dec

2010-12-02T20:01:00.004+08:00

Please be noted that we will be having a joint training and friendly math this weekend.

For joint training:
Place: Rifle Range market
Date: 4th Dec ( Saturday )
Time: 10am-2pm ( Pls be there by 9.45am)
Attire: White Jersey/Shirt
*Those who does not know where the place is, pls meet at FGA Centre by 9.15am

For friendly match:
Place: Dalat International School
Date: 5th Dec ( Sunday )
Time:6pm - 8pm ( Pls be there by 5.45pm )
Attire: Red Jersey/Shirt

*Please remember to clear up all your fees to WIN KEAT by this week. Failing to do so and a penalty fee of RM 10 will be given.

For more information, please contact GARY.

training?... yes, it's ON!

2010-11-18T17:47:00.002+08:00

cuti dah mula masih ada lagi floorball. this Saturday's floorball training details are as follows :-

Date : 20/11/2010

Time : 1pm - 3pm (remember it's combined!)

Venue : Island Glades Basketball Court

Attire : wear fireBRANDS jersey, any colour will do. including the fireBRANDS pants.

more to ask? don't paiseh to ask our friend, Gary laaaa... he's super friendly.

and all the best to those taking part in the Penang Bridge International Marathon on Sunday!

U-16 Friendly Match

2010-11-17T00:58:00.004+08:00

fireBRANDS U-16 players will be playing a friendly against a Singapore team. The details of the friendly match are as follow :

Time : 5.00pm - 7.00pm (but please be there @ 4.00pm)

Date : 24th November 2010 (Wednesday)

Attire : RED fireBRANDS Jersey, BLACK pants, socks and shoes

for more information, please ask Gary.

holidays?... training is still on guys!

2010-11-08T18:59:00.002+08:00

Hello readers! you may ask why isn't the blog updated for a long long long time. as the exams for most of the players have ended, it's time to resume the regular Saturdays at Red Crescent Headquarters for training!

this Saturday started off with the seniors. Having three quarters of the team being involved in the morning match against KLIUC, it was a light training for them. Drills came first. With snakes first and proceeding to play-ups. With that, it was game time.

then it came to juniors. The next-big-guns of fireBRANDS started off with drills too. As usual, the training format kept the same. However, it was a different drill this week. With some seniors helping the juniors out in movement, it gave the young guns more experience on movement.

As the Saturday training came to a close, it was a good training for everyone after the studying for the year-end exams!

Just a few updates for November :

for the month of NOVEMBER and DECEMBER, training will be held at ISLAND GLADES BASKETBALL COURT at the same usual time (1-3pm for seniors and 3-5pm for juniors and girls)
a friendly match against a Singaporean U-16 team will be happening during the holidays. so please keep checking in on the facebook page or this blog for updates.

We would also like to extend our invitation for any of you who wishes to come and learn about this adrenaline rush game called floorball.

Do come and check our facebook page and leave a message if you're interested in joining us.

fireBRANDS Facebook Link

TRAINING VENUE CHANGED

2010-10-29T18:04:00.002+08:00

Due to our usual spot having an event, training is still on tomorrow (Saturday, 30th October).

Time : 1-3pm for Seniors, 3-5pm for Juniors and Girls

Venue : Island Glades Basketball Court

Please be notified of the changes and see you guys and girls there!

IMPORTANT NOTICE

2010-10-15T16:03:00.004+08:00

Seniors and juniors will be combined tomorrow from 1 - 3pm tomorrow at Red Crescent Headquarters. Please be noted. Thank you. For more information, please ask Gary.

Friendly Match

2010-10-02T23:23:00.002+08:00

fireBRANDS FC will be having a friendly match against the Penang State Women's Team. The details are as follows :

Date : 12th October 2010

Time : 7.30pm - 9.30pm (please be there by 7pm)

Venue : Balik Pulau Sports Complex

Attire : RED colour jersey or t-shirt and BLACK pants

for more information, please contact Gary. thank you.

and it's BACK!

2010-09-16T00:09:00.004+08:00

Saturday's training started off with a bigger attendance compared to previous weeks. Just a recap of the KFSPP competition, a number of the players who participated were back with medals around their neck.. gold, silver and bronze... yeah, that's what the players' got. A complete set. As for the girls', they had their medals too around their necks.

So, training started with the usual runs and warm-ups. Then it was drills and drills. Now, we have pictures for you to peep in after a lengthy time since senior's training pictures were up!

we would also like to welcome our new players,

Victor, Melvin, Andrew and Jing Hong (aka Ah Pek)

sorry for the short update, will post a longer update on the next training. cheers*

and... training resumes!

2010-09-09T21:14:00.002+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to the readers and also our fireBRANDS players!

This is a notice to remind you guys that training resumes this Saturday, 11th September 2010.

It will be at RC Headquarters and the time slot will still be the same.

Enjoy your holidays and train at home, kay? See you in training!

the Saturday which was so HOT!

2010-08-21T20:15:00.004+08:00

So, this Saturday was quite unexpected. A sudden call from the Coach G... but not to worry, there was still floorball! So, with our gears packed, we rushed down to the outdoor training facility... which was the Island Glades Basketball Court!

Hot + Floorball = Very Tiring but... FUN!

Hence, beverages were prepared to quench our thirst. Cold water that is, helped us to cool us. So, training started with snakes and then a drill which was very tiring. Not to mention, this was a training that could be win in the 'most break in a training session'. After every drill we had, there it is... a break. After a 5-on-4 drill, we had a game to wrap the whole training up. Furthermore, we would like to acknowledge our fireBRANDS players who will be playing in the KFSPP-Rising Star competition next Saturday. Do your best guys and God speed!

and that's for the seniors...

on the juniors' chapter

The juniors' training started off with dribbling the ball in a same box without looking up, it was challenging as the box was quite small and there were quite a lot of players.

After the warm up, we played a new type of drill which consist of multiple players with a hand full of 'monkeys', who are required to get the ball from the other players. It was quite a challenge, nevertheless, we managed to complete it without much difficulty.

With much excitement for more, we finally get the ground and played real floorball matches.

It was overall quite an experience playing at a different and hot place. But it was nice having a change of place.

the day we had awesome beverages...

2010-08-17T16:56:00.006+08:00

Seniors. A long time since seniors had their own time of training. A Saturday evening filled up with activities to enhance our game plays. Drills after drills... one by one, slowly we got the hang of it. Coach G was there to help prepare some of the players' in the upcoming KFSPP-Rising Star competition. The Khanz who were present gained knowledge on a better play-up.

Drills later, it was a one-on-one game we had to play. For a minute, on a badminton court, players' had to try to score a goal. It was a test to go to the extreme, to train ourselves to stand the immense pressure. Well, after the exciting and tiring drill, it was game-time! A 4-on-4 battle proved much more organized from what was learnt from the drills... and that's for all... for now. We'll be back the next Saturday, so do please come!

On the junior's side...

Training started with the new warm up, which is dribbling the ball around the court. Then we were told to dribble the ball around in circles without looking at the ball itself.

After much hardship, we then proceed to do a different type of snakes. (Bringing the ball to half court, then dribble it in front of the goal post and shoot) It was quite enjoyable because we haven't done snakes in a while!

Next, we were doing a completely new drills. It was one on one at half court, trying to shoot in the goal while balls were being thrown in. It was extremely tiring as we got to face the opponent one one on!

Lastly, we went on playing the game. First, it was 3 on 3, then 5 on 5.

Oh LOOK! our coach, Gary even prepared some beverage for the players!

Under the Sun

2010-07-19T18:26:00.009+08:00

fireBRANDS' floorball training was back after a week, it was held at Delima basketball court as RC was booked for that day. We were greeted at the court with some ~~bull~~ shits and puddles of water but the spirit of the floorballers allow them to carry on playing at the court.

After the usual five rounds around the court and stretching, we were sorted into three groups. Two groups playing against each other while the other group go for a jog around the field, then change.

The players playing under the watchful eyes of coach Gary

The other groups eagerly waiting for their turn.

The exciting training ended around 3pm with coach Gary giving a talk with the players.

Floorball training next week will be back at Red Crescent Headquarters at the usual time.
Seniors: 12.30 - 3pm ; Juniors and Girls: 3 - 5pm

Physical Time...

2010-07-07T22:35:00.010+08:00

This Saturday's training will be held at

AIR ITAM DAM *clickable

@ 8 a.m. - 9.30a.m.

Please be PUNCTUAL!

It's gonna be physical training so please don't bring your sticks, no place for you to play either =)

and PAY up your monthly fees. Thanks

We're back!

2010-06-30T22:37:00.002+08:00

Training will be back as usual every Saturday in the month of July but training on the 10th is not confirm (we will notify you as soon as possible through this blog)

Will see you soon!

For more information, please contact Gary.

Heads up

2010-06-15T14:07:00.005+08:00

Hey guys and girls! Having fun in the school holidays?

Listen, there will be NO training on the 19th and 26th of June as there will be no court available in RC. So make sure you train hard yourself at home. :)

For more information, please contact Gary.

NOTE

2010-06-09T16:28:00.002+08:00

There will be NO training this coming SATURDAY ( 12th of JUNE )

as we will be having PAINT YOUR WORLD AGAIN!

Do you remember our vision of

Impacting Lives TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES Reaching The Nations ?

Yup, as a club, we want to transform the communities not only in the floorball scene but also to the people out there. so let us pick up our lazy butts, take a brush and start...PAINTING.

PAINT YOUR WORLD II

Date: 12th of JUNE
Venue: Rifle Range Flats
Time: 8. 30 am
Gather at: FGA centre AIR ITAM

Please contact Gary for more info =)

Welcome

2010-06-08T22:23:00.006+08:00

We, the fireBRANDS Floorball Club would like to welcome our new players that joined us this month!

Edric

Nick

Karrthik

Kumaran

Whatever it takes

2010-05-23T22:46:00.000+08:00

...a must watch

a BIG notice

2010-05-20T22:18:00.005+08:00

Supaya lebih maklum.

Okay for this saturday (22nd of May)

SENIORS training is CANCELLED

becauseee..

(it's clickable. xP)
a lot of seniors will be taking part =D

BUT BUT BUT

ladies and juniors training is ON

3-5p.m., PBSM

pls try to come:)

Closing Ceremony - In Pictures

2010-05-16T00:44:00.006+08:00

Last year's dwarfs, this year's giants.

The entao emcee.

3rd = 300

First-timers Spearhead slithered their way to silver.

Gold medallists FireBRANDS.

PFL Div 2 '10 All-Star Team
(L-R)
Tristan James (300), Forward
Daniel Tan (FireBRANDS), Forward
Daniel Boey (Spearhead), Centre
Ruben Lai (Spearhead), Defender
Amelia Lim (Trailblazers), Defender
Omprakash (300), Goalkeeper

Sheer delight.

Victory at long last.

Extended family group photo.

Final cheer for Div 2 to echo through Kompleks Sukan Balik Pulau.

Last briefing outside next to that soda cans dispenser thing.

Spoils of war, well-earned.

Not forgetting, celebratory dinner at Mizi on Sunday.

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2010 - FIREBRANDS

Vision into Reality

2010-05-15T12:21:00.011+08:00

The last wall.

As the last match in PFL Division 2 2010, fireBRANDS were up against Trailblazers. fireBRANDS being in the driving seat into being PFL Division 2 champions and a promotion to Division 1 in 2011 needed to secure it with a win against Trailblazers.

At 11.00am, referees blew the whistle to signal the last match for Division 2 2010. Sadly, one of our teammates wearing a wrong-numbered jersey led to a 2 minute bench-penalty.

Besides that unfortunate incident, fireBRANDS started off with a bang when team captain, Gary penetrated through the defense of Trailblazers in the first few minutes of the first half. A quick goal had put fireBRANDS in the limelight for a first trophy since entering Division 2 in 2009. Time passed, lines after lines, players after players played on that green court.

Trailblazers' defense was really up-tight. Seniors took shots after shots to bring the ball into the goal posts were to no avail. The opponents box-play had really made the seniors a tough time scoring. When the opponents called for a time-out, a new strategy had to be established. Hence, luring them out from the box was the only way to score.

As we managed to play our strategy right, goals were scored. Most of the time during the game, the opponents were like the Great Wall of China trying to protect their country or a.k.a. goal posts from the Mongolian invaders a.k.a. fireBRANDS. Kudos to Trailblazers for keeping all of the seniors at bay.

Into the second half, it was much of a one-sided game when the seniors were playing in the offensive zone. On a few occasions, Trailblazers' managed to steal the ball from us and went down to the seniors zone for a shot. Our goalkeeper, Nicholas Choong saved a goal to keep a clean sheet record for today's match.

As the 20 minutes was up, fireBRANDS emerged as champions of Division 2 2010. With no doubt, the vision of fireBRANDS became a reality. Through HARDWORK and DETERMINATION brings a fruitful outcome.

Broken Rifles

2010-05-13T17:50:00.007+08:00

The final day of war beckoned and Patriots once again took up their rifles to war against Spearhead. The medal outcome for themselves was obvious but the scoreline and the journey weren't so all Patriots could hope for was a slim margin and to throw some dirt at what would be Spearhead's clean sheet; and maybe even to defy all odds and give Frontliners the silver.

Prep.

Final prep.

Warming-up for the last time, both teams geared up physically and mentally to make the best of their last match.

Sound the battle horn, and cue the cheers:

PATRIOTS!!!

Who are we?! SPEARHEAD!!!

The whistle blew and war commenced.

Possession was, as expected, at a low for Patriots. Spearhead controlled the most part of the game. This provided a yawning gap between SoTs for both teams. While Spearhead pushed forward with passes and teamplay, all Patriots could hope for was to counterattack once their opponents took a shot at their goal.

Unfortunately Patriots' defence was shaky and this gave Spearhead numerous opportunities to get past the said defence. The defensive errors made by Patriots were costly as a few goals even looked gifted, with wrapping, ribbon and all. However credit must be given to keeper Joyce who had nerves of steel even when her team may have been letting her down.

Nevertheless Patriots did the best they could in fending off the onslaughts. Frequently under fire, they eventually got a decent hold at beefing up their defence. The forwards launched a few strikes of their own but none managed to bear fruit due to lack of support.

Jesher double-teamed in front of the goal.

How the other side looked like.

The contrast was stark as Joyce was kept tense most of the time, while Syahmi had plenty of time to relax. However one-sided the game was, Patriots fought on till the final whistle.

Helpless but to watch.

11-0 to Spearhead. Brotherly retribution for Trailblazers' defeat, perhaps?

Tragically Patriots were fighting with broken rifles so all they could use were bayonets (means those pointy sharp things protruding out from above the rifle's barrel). Bayonets against spears, obviously the spears had the upper hand. But good effort; well done to both teams:)

On a brighter note:
All in all Patriots' campaign was actually better than expected as they kept themselves out of last spot. Come next year we'll definitely see a better chance of acquiring a medal as their compatriots, FireBRANDS move up to Division One.

*photo credits to Kew Pei Li of Frontliners

fireBRANDS Celebration Dinner

2010-05-11T14:51:00.006+08:00

Yes, Penang Floorball League Division 2 2010 is over. Yes, we're not going to Balik Pulau for matches again...for now. Yes, we've got our goals accomplished. but... NO, we haven't enjoy our accomplished goals just yet. Therefore, we're going to have a celebration dinner this weekend!

Date : 16th May 2010 (Sunday)

Time : 7.00pm

Venue : Mizi Bistro (New World Park)

What to bring : YOURSELF and RM 25

So, come on down and celebrate our successful year in Division 2 2010. Your attendance is much needed, the more the merrier, right? :)

Complacency against Determination

2010-05-08T00:09:00.005+08:00

Firebrands vs Firebrands Patriots [ 10-1 ]
by Daniel Tan #5

On paper, the defeat to firebrands was inevitable. Secured in 1st place on the league table, Firebrands saw ourselves another victory against our juniors-perhaps too over confident? But how do you measure victory? On the score board it was 10-1 by the end of the second half but ultimately it was Patriots who were the winners for the match by displaying sheer determination and a never say die attitude although trailing by a somewhat large margin-if you do not take into account the score. Although outmuscled by our team, patriots kept on pushing hard by maintaining defensive gameplay and had often cause our lines to lose momentum in team play. Being in the Firebrands team, it was a disappointing outing for us as our defensive play was loose in the first half which saw Donovan slotting in a goal for Patriots. However, after team talks from Coach Jason at half time, we began to put into practice the gameplay learnt during training and had managed to perform better during the second half. Comfortable win for us Firebrands? NOT.

First half.
The whistle was blown and it was showtime. A derby. Firebrands had higher percentage of possesion compared to Patriots. However, the eagerness to score and the lack of team play saw no breakthrough for Firebrands in the first few minutes of the game. One would imagine the score line with a few goals by the fifth minute but Patriots took things to the other end of the spectrum by playing hard and never allowing Firebrands to fire shots from the goal mouth. Finally, a pass by captain Gary to Indy who unleashed a drag shot from the left side of the court saw the ball zooming pass Patriots keeper, Joyce Lim. 1-0. Sarah Khoo from Patriots almost scored a goal and possibly a tie for her side when a defensive blunder by the defenders allowed the centre to be open for Patriots' Chan Per Yue to carry the ball forward and Sarah having been in a rather strategic position only had to fire a shot towards the goal but clear vision, calmness and quick reflexes by Firebrands goalie, Nicholas Choong, had beautifully saved the what could have been a nice goal by Sarah.

Firebrands continued to control possesion of the ball and had taken a few shots on target but goalie Joyce was up to the task by saving the shots taken far from the goal mouth. The time was 9 minutes and 15 seconds when a missed pass by Joyce to Patriots defender Jesher Lim gave me the opportunity to score and bring the score to 2-0.

Firebrands forward Zephaniah then slotted in another goal after a time out was called by Patriots official, Alex, and the score was 3-0.

15.35, a long and goal-less drought and finally Steven Ong brought the score line to a 4-0 lead by
releasing a drag shot towards goalie Joyce.

Towards the end of the first half, Firebrands kept a steady tempo by controlling the ball outside the box-as adviced by Coach Jason. Playing a slow paced game then gave Firebrands Loh Vern Sern who scored his first goal for Firebrands by releasing a slap shot after a pass by yours trully.

5 goals in the first half. Time to relax? NOT! Towards the dying minutes of the first half, Patriots' Donovan who bears a jersey with the name Donova because of a printing mistake managed to score a goal for Patriots with his signature solo effort and release of a wicked slap shot towards the goal. From the sidelines, we could only watch as Patriots celebrate a hardworking effort. Nevertheless, we were so proud of you guys!

Half time from Firebrands point of view.
"Always respect your opponent regardless of who they are" -Coach Jason.
lesson learnt.

Second half.
Second half saw a rather convincing start for Firebrands as there were faster and quicker releases and more shots towards goal. Within a minute and a few seconds, Captain Gary scored another goal via drag shot. 1.15 into the second quarter, 6-1.

Seconds after the goal by Captain Gary was scored, a combo from Andrew Chan and Sherwynd then brought the score up to 7-1. Patriots still kept pushing on despite the goals scored by firebrands. Patriots' Per Yue, Shaun and Joshua had many times managed to break through the centre contributed by steals. However Firebrands defenders had outrun the juniors and managed to prevent another shot on target.

Indy Toh then managed to bring the score up to 10-1 by scoring 3 goals for Firebrands, all assisted by Sherwynd. One in the 3rd minute while another in the 12th and 16th minute. Indy's effort in offensive play rewarded him with a hat-trick.

Conclusion.
There are times when you will face a giant and there are times when you will be the giant. How you play and how you win it will be the difference between champions and just winners on the scoreboard.
Good job to all Firebrands and Patriots' players! I love you guys.

NOTE

2010-04-21T00:19:00.003+08:00

Please be aware that there's a change of time for this Saturday's match between fireBRANDS and fireBRANDS PATRIOTS due to school replacement on that day. The time has changed to 3.30 pm and we are expecting you guys and girls to be at BALIK PULAU STADIUM by 3.00 pm.Yes, we do know that most of the schools are finishing at 2.40 pm and it's very hard for most of you to come on time or even come to the match. BUT fireBRANDS, come on, this is an important match for both of the teams. For the seniors, let's finish the race and wrap up the league nicely. PATRIOTS, just forget about your size, age and gender, concentrate on the coming match and give the seniors a good run for their money. If GOLIATH was beaten thousands years ago, GOLIATH can still be beaten TODAY, yes TODAY. So fireBRANDS, let us STEP OUT of our comfort zone and put our effort in this if we want to see a BLAST in this year's league. The choices are in your hand.

Wave Challenge 2010

2010-04-05T20:54:00.006+08:00

Lo and behold! the annual Wave Challenge is back! This time a change in its usual venue.
The details are as follows for the event.

Event: WAVE CHALLENGE 2010
Date: 10 April 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 8.00am - 6.00pm
Venue: SMK BUKIT JAMBUL, Jalan Bukit Jambul, 11700 Penang

To all Team Managers, please take note that there's a meeting. The details are as follows:

Event: TEAM MANAGERS MEETING
Date: 8 April 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 8.00pm-10.00pm
Venue: Georgetown Baptist Church, 14 Jalan Larut, 10450 Penang

Floorball and Captain Ball players representing HKFC, please be at the school by 7.30 am sharp. Thank you.

Patriots Patriotic Fight

2010-04-03T00:00:00.004+08:00

... ends with a... *please read the whole report*

3rd April 2010, a Saturday morning at 9.30 am, signals the face-off of the match of fireBRANDS Patriots and Trailblazers. Both teams who are the second team of their respective clubs came face to face for a fight to avoid being last in the table of 5 teams.

Warm-up..

Push-up..

And cheer! (check out the coach's face.. xP)

Patriots started off impressively as they were having possession of the ball for almost two minutes of the game. With a full squad of players, Patriots went in with a good fight against Trailblazers. In the very fast half of the game, Patriots were dominating the game with impressive passes through the center of their opponent's half, and positioning of the players. It looked as if Patriots were to draw the first blood. Shaun, the 13-year-old boy was up for it for shots. He managed to have a shot on target on goal but was saved by Trailblazer's goalie.

Face-off.

Hustling for the ball.

Most of the time, Patriots controlled the ball on their opponent's half. Their quick passes and fast movement were scaring the opponents. Suddenly, silence broke. Player #15, none other than the captain of Patriots, Tania scored the first blood. Immediately, players rushed to celebrate with her. Their goal for this campaign were on sight, which was avoiding being last in the PFL Division 2 table. As the game resumed, Trailblazers came knocking in Patriot's half. Their impressive defender, Syafiq was up for it. He was filled with energy, going after one ball to the other. Great passes from him made his team's half cleared of the yellow-match ball.

Sarah menonjolkan her dribbling skills.

Captain v. Captain

A sea of red - one too many?

Ben having his moment with the ball.

On the other hand, Joyce was yet again on form as she made really good saves for her team to keep the score of 1-0. Just as Patriots thought it would be alright the way through, suddenly, a bench penalty was awarded. 2 minutes was given to Patriots. As Patriots thought hope was lost, Trailblazers had a glitch that ended them with 1 man down due to 6 field players on court. The court was now a 4-on-4 match. As the first half ended, the score was still 1-0 to Patriots.

Donovan passing through two Trailblazers.

Nehemiah whizzing his way past everyone else.

The whistle blew. Second half. 20 minutes more. Patriots ought to do something about the scoreline if they want their goals to be achieved. It was a slow-paced game throughout the first few minutes of the second half. Donovan, the goal scorer of the previous game against Frontliners 300 managed to list his name on the score sheet. This was then followed by Per Yue's shot which ended up in the net. Score : 3-0.

Donovan reeling off in delight after scoring.

Sarah bravely showing that size nor gender matters.

Their dreams was nearing minute by minute. fireBRANDS were sizzling hot. Yet again, they were dominating. After a time-out call by Trailblazers, Patriots were working it up again to increase the scoreline. Donovan took shots after shots but failed to enter the net. Another player who was really at his best was Aik Harn. He's ability to run and go after the non-possessed balls proved successful.

TaNia chasing after Nia. xP

2 running after 1.

Nehemiah making another run for it.

Tick-tock, tick-tock... time was running. Cheers suddenly echoed the stadium when Joshua scored the fourth goal. It was really an upbeat for Patriots. Receiving balls after balls, they were trying to penetrate Trailblazer's defense.

Joshua going in for the kill.

And Captain Tania coming in soon after.

For the second time, Tania's name was recorded into the scorers list. Cheers, shouts were heard. What an impressive way to end the game with the captain's opening and finishing goal. Scoreline : 5-0. fireBRANDS Patriots put up a good fight till the very last second of the game. Joyce, the goalkeeper of Patriots has indeed kept a clean sheet throughout the game.

The sportsman-ly handshakes, smiles, and "good game"s.

And jubilant high-5s all around.

Congratulations Patriots! It was indeed a patriotic fight till the end for Patriots.

*photo credits to Kew Pei Li of Frontliners

When you mix fire and spears..

2010-03-28T14:32:00.008+08:00

..you get flaming spears.

...................

okay nvm ignore that, just read the report:

And so it was time for the clash that was touted as the match of the league, Spearhead being the only contenders that stood a fair chance against fireBRANDS' run to the gold medal (on paper at least).

Both teams are 100% male driven (as far as players are concerned), but one had more experience and training than the other. Spearhead on the other hand were fresh, new and had a few promising talents.

Warming up:

With a full tank of petrol and the engine revved up and ready, time for one more briefing from Coach Jason:

And so the match started on even ground:

Only one thing left to do: sound the horn.

The reds and the whites started off strong with Spearhead doing admirably well in keeping up pace. The fireBRANDS definitely launched more attacks but the shots just weren't getting through (or the slaps just weren't hitting the ball). Early on Vern Sern was sent out for 2 minutes, leaving the favourites one man down.

But as soon as it looked like the power play would manage to fend off Spearhead's valiant efforts, captain Daniel Boey sent a drag shot past Bryan into the goal, just as Vern Sern was stepping into the court.

1-0 to Spearhead.

But well the match is 20x20 so there's plenty of time left. After what seemed like ages, Daniel Tan finally equalised for the fireBRANDS and things were looking up.

Half-time, even ground, 1-1.

Team talk.

While the voluntary ballpicker waited patiently.

So again the game kicked off with both sides spirited up.

Breaking the drought, Indy then took advantage of a fumble at Spearhead's defense and scored a beautiful top corner once the Spearhead keeper dived out. So the pressure on the fireBRANDS eased a little and their play visibly improved.

Taking the lead.

As the pressure lowered, their play stepped up and the one-hit passes were quick and accurate, paving the way for teamplay which led to more opportunities to score. The crowd didn't have to wait long as Daniel Tan poached another goal, widening the goal margin and it definitely seemed like this match belonged to the fireBRANDS.

But no, Spearhead weren't going to go down easily and had a few stabs at the goal, but none penetrated. They provided a few heart-attack moments for the crowd as their quick counter-attacks forced fireBRANDS' defenders to backtrack lintang-pukang.

So after a lot of ball-feeding to the forwards, and more shots taken, the final goal was scored by Daniel, completing his hattrick.

Final score.

So that was it. Spearhead, good game. Although new they definitely put up a good fight, and both teams gained valuable experience from this match.

Another step closer to the goal: gold.

Defense of the Floorballers

2010-03-27T21:48:00.008+08:00

DotF anyone? Yes, I meant DotF and not DotA. If you've missed today's DotF, not to worry! A summary of the game will be posted here. So, enjoy this match report.

Saturday, the DotF for fireBRANDS as both teams; seniors and juniors will be going against Spearhead and Frontliners 300 respectively to fight for first and avoid being last.

warming up

1, 2, 3, PATRIOTS!

fireBRANDS Patriots vs. Frontliners 300 was a match to decide Patriot's fate in achieving the vision. At the stroke of 9.30 am, the whistle was blown. Minutes into the game, a miscommunication led to a 2 minutes bench penalty taken by Donovan. As the game runs, it was a tensed match as both sides have not reached the back of the net. Joyce, Patriots impressive keeper did superbly well in saving 5 shots after 5 minutes into the game.

free-hit in the relatively big court (compared to PBSM..)

For 5 minutes, it was a defensive game for them. Frontliners' attack kept Patriots at bay as Patriots kept struggling to get the ball out of their zone. When the ball broke loose into the opponents zone, soon later, Frontliners' attack gave a counter attack and score their first goal of the game in PFL '10. Patriots' defense was loose; and hence Frontliners' took the opportunity.

Running 300, static patriots.

After 12 minutes into the game, the on-form Donovan gave great shots in the opponents zone. Shot after shot, sadly it didn't enter the net. As Frontliners' ran down and took their shot, Joyce saved yet another vital goal to keep the score at 1-0. Beverly's defending helped her team block 2 shots which were on target on goal. With a minute and half left, Frontliners' shot was stopped by Joyce. Just before half time was over, a one-on-one with the goalie failed to save it. 1st period score : 2-0

Second period, Donovan's impressive form gave Patriots a goal to keep them running for the win. Within minutes, Frontliners' scored another goal to give them a 2-goal lead. It was power play that went wrong for Patriots that made them suffer a goal.

Coach Gary Lee ~~offering someone a can of Revive~~ ordering the players about

Into the game, Frontliners' effort into putting the ball in the net succeeded again. With the score now 5-1, Frontliners was eager to keep on pushing. They succeeded in scoring yet again. 6-1. Patriots regained possession of the ball and went up for the attack but failed to succeed in reducing the goal difference.

19 seconds to spare, another blow to Patriots as Frontliners scored. In the end, the score line was 7-1 to Frontliners. They have really got fireBRANDS even after being thrashed 4-0 with the seniors in the previous PFL '10 meeting.

Fight of Our Lives

2010-03-23T18:55:00.006+08:00

It all comes down to the next four days of our career. Are we ready to go for it? Are we ready to clean up our acts of failure? Are we going to give our best? It all depends on you, fireBRANDS Floorballers. You make the decision, either to be the light or the dark; either to struggle or to triumph.

Ladies and gentlemen,

Four days to the first match of fireBRANDS Patriots; and fireBRANDS' most crucial and important game. The details are as follows :

Venue : Balik Pulau Indoor Stadium

Time : 9.30 am - 11.00 am (please be there by 8 am)

Match : FireBRANDS Patriots v. Frontliners 300

Attire : Red Jerseys

Venue : Balik Pulau Indoor Stadium

Time : 11.30 am - 1.00 pm

Match : FireBRANDS v. Spearhead

Attire : White Jerseys

so, fireBRANDS Floorball Club, are you ready to go? Are you prepared? Use these spare four days to do so. Mental kuat, fizikal pun kuat!

It is not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.

John Wooden

Non-Stop Floorball

2010-03-23T01:38:00.010+08:00

Spending 3 hours of floorball training with a low attendance is not fun at all. A total of 11 players came for HK's school training. It started off with the usual warm-ups and then the stretching. Next on, it came to V-passes where we used our back-hand and fore-hand. Then it came into gathering 4 people in a group to do short and long passes among the 4 players. Starting off with passing to the side, then to the opposite direction and vice versa. After a series of passes, physical fitness was put to the test. Playing a unique game where a person is carrying another person holding the stick. Then, we had different kinds of exercises to gain endurance. These were preparations for the upcoming YouthWave competition. Further on, it was 4-on-4 game. Tired, wore out and sweating like rain was the outcome of the 3 hours session. Next, seniors' training!

"ask u come train u say dont want, play time u want;

now ask u come play, u dont want also, aiyoyo"

anyway, many did not turn up on the last-minute-informed-one-hour-only-game-training due to work and school while some were too tired after Hamid Khan 3 hours long training. as for those who came, KUDOS!! game time was short but i bet each and everyone of you enjoyed.

here are some of the pictures, u can see the 'empty-nessssss'

and then penalty shots:

Okay moving on to the 3-hours' worth of training for the girls and juniors, mainly made up of the Patriots. As usual, the same warm-ups, then snakes, then 2-on-1s........

What deserves a special mention here though..

1. Push-ups
Plenty of them, as a healthy way to drill into your mind not to high-stick and to listen to Coach Alex's instruction.
Push-ups pave the way to a team of Patriots with toned triceps and strong pectoral muscles:)

ooh. triceps.

and your pectoral muscles.

2. Killers/Suicides
When you hear Coach Alex saying,"okay, one line there..", then you know.
It's good for building leg muscles. Also benefits two vital organs of the human body, the brain (mental strength) and the heart (to pump more efficiently and transport more oxygen to rapidly respirating muscles).

Finally, the must-have end to all trainings, game time. Thankfully with a not-so-empty court.

Three blows and it's over.

Bored?... Day-dreaming?... Stuck at home?...

2010-03-17T17:30:00.005+08:00

so... fireBRANDS Floorball Club is here to help!

there will be TRAINING tomorrow! details are as follows :

Venue : Red Crescent Headquarters

Time : 9am - 12pm (be there by 8.30am)

Attire : Sports

Who's involved : Hamid Khan players

Status : Please pass RM 50 to Wayne for the jerseys

this is then followed by :

Venue : Red Crescent Headquarters

Time : 12pm - 1pm (be there by 11.30am for warm ups)

Attire : Sports

Who's involved : Seniors

Status : COMPULSORY!

followed by :

Venue : Red Crescent Headquarters

Time : 1pm - 3pm (be there by 12.30pm for warm ups)

Attire : Sports

Who's involved : Juniors

Status : COMPULSORY!

so, please make it and if you're reading this, please inform the whole team. Communication is REALLY needed for this event. THANK YOU! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

When There's No Facilities... you get...

2010-03-15T14:04:00.005+08:00

... Delima Basketball Court!

As the few next Saturday trainings might be at Delima, lets just get intimate with nature. Under the scorching sun, we're lucky that we're not sick and still healthy to play floorball. With 2 weeks of rest till our next match against Spearheads on the 27th, much improvement needs to be amended so our goal for this year will be achieved. Rest was much called an intensive training.

Coach Jason gave drills after drills. Started off with snakes led by Gary. Some of us had nature calling, so we were excused from the first drill. As the squad regained, Coach 'J' came up with a drill to encounter our poor finishing in our previous match against Frontliners 300. Runs after runs, shots after shots, things looked better and better. And what do you get from all the hard-work? water-break! Frequent calls of water-breaks were issued due to the hot sun and the water we lost.

Leaving with just 30 mins before training ends, a short game was called. As training was about to end, Coach 'J' called for the squad to run 3 rounds around the field. Days are flying, are you prepared to go in to get that goal? 'Division 1!', lets stick it in our minds.

And even as the girls & juniors came in, the Sun remained the basketball court's best friend, baking it till you could probably fry an egg there if you tried hard enough (and didn't mind dust all over your sunny-side-up). No egg? Well there's still the baked floorballers there.

Warm-ups then an unusually long break due to Coach Alex talking to Coach 'J', until finally we started with snakes. No goalkeeper meant a makeshift goalpost (one small goalpost on top of the other, held up by our very own Coach 'A' - the brave man he is). It was kinda like shooting into a loudspeaker as Coach 'A' shouted comments and commands alike from where he crouched.

More shooting, then killers/suicides. Call it what you like, it all ends in a near-death experience for your leg muscles. Add in the Sun's generous helping of heat, plus running back and forth four times.. and as usual, last 3 to do 10 pushups.

So a few more drills then it was game-time as we played in our respective lines, and (hopefully) in our set positions as well. But soon the Sun fell prey to Rain, which came as a drizzle then a good shower, so it was finally called a day.

Socceroos received 4 roars from Three Lions as visiting gift

2010-03-11T17:17:00.011+08:00

Our first Penang Floorball League Division 2 kicked-off with a bang of 4-0 against Frontliners 300.

At the stroke of 10, the whistle blew to signal the start of PFL Division 2 2010 Season. Within seconds to the game, a 2-minutes penalty was issued to fireBRANDS for improper uniform attire. An early disappointment to the team as we were down to 4 men at the start of the game. As the team regained their 5th men, performance was back on. Our forward, James Tan scored an early goal to put fireBRANDS to their first ever goal of the season. Hence on, struggling to get the ball into the net was frustrating. Many shots were taken but to no avail, the ball kept being 'stubborn' to enter the goal. Good saves from Frontliners 300's keeper kept fireBRANDS at bay. As the first half came to an end, the score was still 1-0.

Seconds into the game of second half, our impressive forward, James Tan got his name into the score sheet by an assist from Daniel Tan. It was a solid important goal to keep us at a safe line. Minutes into the game, a great run by Samuel Tan from the defensive area to the offensive area made him into the score sheet. With the score 3-0, it wasn't enough for fireBRANDS as we kept on attacking and moving in forward. A supposed goal by Steven Ong was denied as the ball got reflected back to the court from out of the rink. Further disappointment came when Sherwynd's goal was ruled out for a high stick foul committed before the ball entered the goal cage. Minutes to the end of the game, fireBRANDS captain, Gary Lee listed his name into the score sheet with a great finishing.

At the end of the day, we did well but not good enough. Bad finishes was one of our problems. Can we overcome it? Can we end our frustrating finishes? Lets learn from this day and overcome it. We are fireBRANDS and we can do it! ole ole ole... kita boleh... kita boleh!

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

Frank Shorter

Friendly match

2010-02-24T20:19:00.006+08:00

Harloo, peter chao here, just wanna tell you guys that there will be two friendly matches between fireBRANDS fc and ZTEC fc this coming sunday. The juniors of both teams will be playing against each other while the seniors of both teams will be playing against each other too.

The details of the friendly match are as below

Date: 28th of February 2010 a.d.

Time: 7pm for JUNIORS n 8 30pm for SENIORS

Venue: Red Crescent headquarter hall (PBSM)

Attire: ~~Grey~~ black for JUNIORS n Black for SENIORS

please be at the court HALF AN HOUR earlier

till then, see you n train hard. irresistible INFLUENCE

CHAO OUTSIDE

there are 10 ways to dig a hole, there are 10 places to play floorball.

2010-02-20T22:48:00.008+08:00

Let the pictures do the talking for the seniors training....

...

So as the seniors were wrapping theirs up, the ladies & juniors were slowly trickling in .

Like how you pour tomato sauce from the bottle. Slowly abit abit come out, then shake time got big blobs come, then slow down again. So it was like that. Slowly come, then one bigger bunch come, then wait somemore, then another batch comes...

Anyways training started with warm-ups, jogging around the sun-bathed court.

The model at the right of the photo is to show you what happens if we have our training here every day. The pink model is to show you that humans can fly:)

Next, Alex gave a briefing about the lines for Div 2, then next was:

Snakes. A lot of snakes live in the desert, so can tahan the sun.

Then, another drill:

The run-pass-shoot drill.

Shoot.

After that, Finland passing.

But obviously the heat was taking its toll on the ladies & juniors, the majority of them complaining about the Sun (the star (the celestial body, not the newspaper), not the newspaper).

It's like a fuse.

When you add more heat (electric current - heat comes from the resistance) to the fuse, the fuse starts to melt. Add too much heat and the fuse totally melts, breaking the circuit. Circuit break, no more current can flow.

Sooo. Just imagine.. fuse = mental; heat = heat from the sun la; circuit flow = energy during training. And maximum heat the fuse can tahan, not that high.

Anyways.

Moving on, it was game time and play was according to the lines set for Div 2.

After Finland passing and after game time.

While the three wise men conferenced..

And while Zeph was slapping balls..

=O what's that?

So an ICE-CREAM break was declared (imagine a water break but 5 times more syok)

Very good business xP

Happy faces

Grape-faced Sarah Khoo.

Wah syok.

So training ended on a cooler note, a debrief and mentions about the friendly against Ztec next Sunday (28th Feb).

On the bright side right.. although the Sun was a total killer to the spirits of most of the ladies & juniors, and the heat increasingly unbearable as training goes on..

..the over-excellent lighting totally provided such nice, in-focus photos. xP

TWO

2010-02-15T13:40:00.005+08:00

(2, dua, 二) things.
pls read, then can go back to whatever you were doing. thank you.

Firstly:

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR
and happy collecting angpow, cuz every single fireBRAND floorballer registered under PFA.. is still eligible for angpow! (as far as we know. haha)

Pls be careful, don't lose your limbs when playing Pop Pop, try not to stuff too much; we don't want a performance drop after CNY.. xP

Number two:

Training venue for our next training this Saturday (20th Feb '10) is changed to:

the basketball court at Jalan Delima.

Our scenic picnic spot, you can see it here and here.

But still same times, DO NOT BE LATE.

Can you tell me what's wrong?

2010-02-13T10:24:00.002+08:00

DO YOU.....

Remember those days when Malaysian's football was at the peak?

Remember those faces of the greats?

Remember Mokthar?

Remember Isa Bakar?

Remember Soh Chin Aun?

Compare the differences between then and now.....

then...

facilities: do they even have one?

field status: teruk

coach: not even FIFA qualified

PERFORMANCE: WORLD CLASS

now...

facilities: world class

field status: not that good but better

coach: most of them are FIFA qualified

PERFORMANCE: ???

What went wrong?

"world class facilities, third class mentality"

one played with heart, one played for money

heart vs money = Brazil vs Malaysia

can money ever beat heart?

easy, u just have to answer this... CAN malaysia ever beat Brazil???

well, not here to talk about money but can i just remind u guys that HEART is the engine of the game?

HEART..heart..heart...

7 attendance, 7...7...

PFL division 2 is just 5 training sessions away

what are you doing?

think.....

What a Saturday

2010-02-07T18:30:00.006+08:00

It was a bright Saturday afternoon, clear blue skies until…

1. Schools in Penang decided to have school session to compensate for the Chinese New Year week-long holidays.

2. Yes, there’s a number 2. Traffic jam. Oh well, that’s okay, it’ll be cleared after some time.

3. NO it didn’t! Well, mostly everyone arrived at PBSM half-an-hour late.

So, we were there, Coach Jason started off training with warm-up-cum-passes due to lack of time for warm-ups. Then, we had a ‘back to basics’ session where we had to do passes against the wall. The trick is, it must be fast, flat-ball and accurate.

Then came on tactical plays! X had to pass to Z while Y had to run to the left wing. When Z gets the ball, Z passes to Y on the left wing. On the other hand, X had to go center and wait. Then, Z goes to the right side and gets ready for a pass from Y who has the option of passing to X or Z. Get it? Or confused? Well, it is at first but… you’ll get to it after one or two rounds with it.

After plays, water-break then… *drum-roll!* GAME-TIME! Wohoo! 15 minutes left on the clock… all running through our minds… PLAY PLAY PLAY. Then, we end. Awww, and there’s no training next week due to CNY and some-court-problems. However, there’s good news! fireBRANDS FC would like to welcome 4 new-Khanz players (Lye Aun, Win Keat, Win Liang and Syafiq) to the team.

With that over, here come the ladies and juniors, whose training started not-very-punctually (well that particular saturday wasn't the best for punctuality...) at 3:25p.m. or so with warm-ups outside: 5 rounds round the building.

Which was tiring, especially for those who were in school since 7:15a.m. then went home and came faithfully for training.

After warm-ups, Coach Alex first took the first 5 minutes for some basic ball control to get into the right.. feel. And build up our basics, of course.

Next, something pretty familiar by now: Finland passing.

Water-break after that.

And so now we have...

The Alex Course. (TAC - no he didn't name it, but he did come up with the drill itself; i just wanted an acronym which kinda summed it up and sounded pronounceable xP)

The same one we did during the last training.

TAC consisted of:

1. Dribble.

2. Ball control through cones.

3. Dribble.

4. Spinoff.

5. Dribble.

6. Stop and control.

7. Take a shot.

So each player had 4 rounds of TAC:

Okay, finish d, time for GAME TIME.

Two teams, 5-a-side, including a few seniors who'd stayed on since their training.

Sorry ah, i know the photos extremely blur.

Anyways.

After that, a short break in the middle for a quick debrief, since 4 players were leaving early, then GAME TIME continued.

5p.m. end.

Reminder: Next Saturday, 13th Feb 2010, NO TRAINING. So you all can go collect angpow. :)

Friendly

2010-01-26T21:09:00.002+08:00

there will a friendly match with FRONTLINERS this thursday

info:

date: 28th of January 2010, thursday

time: 7pm sharp, be there by 6 45pm

venue: balik pulau indoor stadium

attire: WHITE shirt, not black, WHITE WHITE WHITE

see you there

chao sai

Sweet 16 January 2010.

2010-01-19T22:32:00.008+08:00

[writeup for seniors training is supposed to go here. xP]

Free hit!

Fred controlling the ball while Indy obtrudes into his private space.

High-socked James tussling for the ball with Zeph.

And lastly, debrief =)

Now then, we shall proceed to fBFC's second training session:

GIRLS AND JUNIORS! =D

Attendance skyrocketed in comparison to last week's as the floorballers bounced back to where they belong - the court.

And fireBRANDS Floorball Club would like to officially welcome, Miss Number Nine *points to above photo*, Amelia Tan the tennis player (=

For this week though, there was a slight change..

Instead of the usual contact-lensed, wide-smiling, ever-friendly Coach Jason, this time we have..

..state player, Asics-wearer, Unihoc-wielder, put your hands together for ~~STEVEN GERRARD~~ Coach Gary Lee!

Training began at about 3:15p.m. with 6 people jogging around the court and stretching, but by 3:30p.m. the rest of the troop had arrived (pls do try to be earlier next time, thank you) and were all geared up and raring to go.

After warm-ups, it's _ _ _ _ _ _! (y'all should already know what goes in the blanks kan..)

A low-flying yellow floorball propels past keeper Joyce into the net.

Next up, what the whole training was really about...

...SHOTS! Wrist-shots more specifically.

Two variations of the same drill:
1. Dribble ball to net, control, and take a shot.
AND
2. Receive a pass, and do what you did in 1.

Under fBFC's very own..

..~~Mauricio Pellegrino~~ Gary Lee!..

(the real Pellegrino - Liverpudian first-team coach. see any resemblence? hahaha.)

ANYWAYS, the players were taught the PROPER way of shooting.

While undergoing the drills, players were also taken aside for individual one-on-one personal training with Gary on how to shoot.

"okay you watch me.."

"..lu kua, lu kua.."

"PRESS!"

"see how i press here, then i release?"

"when the ball reaches my first leg.."

And after lots and lots of shooting, it was time for the long-awaited =)

the camera suddenly got spammed with photos of an x3m tycoon. (it's on SALE btw, refer to chatbox)

And unfortunately Coach Gary had to leave smilingly early.

But anyways.

Everyone was divided into three teams.

The teams were very aptly called Team One, Team Two and Team Three.

So it was like this: 1v3, 1v2, 2v3.

(i just felt the need to write more unnecessary facts, that's all.)

Okay photos!

Gerald: ivy.. pls pls.. let me have this ball..

Gerald the golfer retrieving the ball (flying hair and all) while Referee Indy steps away.

Derek (Wong) being chased by (Daniel) Derek.

And Eulene trying to cangkul the ball away from oncoming threats while Ben Yeoh decides to take a sweep at her head. xP

So, at about 4:50p.m., it was time for a brief debrief before putting back the nets and stuff.

Girls & juniors, thank you to ALL who came, those who didn't pls come back, and everyone please DON'T BE LATE!

DIV 2 IS COMING!

Did you know that..?

As We Step Into 2010

2010-01-12T16:12:00.005+08:00

Training started off with the guys. After weeks of fats accumulation in their tummies, they finally found their way back to the court and tried to burn it off.

As usual, snakes and '3 levels' drills were done to warm up their bodies and also to adjust themselves back into floorball mode. Keepers were replaced by benches as both of them were unable to attend due to personal reasons.

Well, as Division 2 is coming nearer and nearer, the coach was trying to form the lines and of course in order to do so you need to experiment. The forwards were grouped into 3s while the defenders were in pairs. The forwards got the chance to play together and at the same time develop their style of play. Hard to explain. Anyway, after all the experiments, the coach was quite satisfied and so we moved on to game.

This time, the forwards and the defenders were put in together to form the best lines. More than an hour of game did tire off many of them and so the training ended with a 'new year speech' by the manager himself as the girls and juniors marched into the court to start their training.

At 3 40, juniors and the girls started their training. i mean not really training as not many of them turned up so coach jason decided to just let them play for the whole training session. Many of them enjoyed it as weeks of 'floorball hunger' were put to an end.

Yeah not to be forgotten, two new potential players were seen holding the sticks too. Vincent aka png png or mr bombastic came for fireBRANDS training for the first time and Gerald aka monkey was back in penang after last seen appearing in training months ago. Keep coming for training and be ready for division 2.

till then, see you on saturday =)

Club Anniversary

2009-12-29T10:52:00.008+08:00

FireBRANDS Floorball Club would like to thank the coach, the management and most importantly all the members for making 2009 a successful year for the club. To celebrate this and our club's first anniversary, a pot bless will be held at Indy's mansion on the 3rd of January 2010. Oh yeah, please remember to bring RM 40(RM10 to purchase YEARBOOK, RM10 for PFA fundraising and RM20 for January fees).

Details

Date: 3rd of January

Time: 5-8 pm

Venue: Indy Toh's mansion. 10 Halaman York

the MAP *search yourself

NOTE: It's Pot Bless, so please bring something. If your stomach is in the shape of a pot then sorry, please bring two pots, your tummy and another pot of food. THANK YOU

The End. (of 2009)

2009-12-13T17:50:00.012+08:00

fireBRANDS Floorball Club's last training for the year 2009 kicked off with the last five-rounds-round-the-court warm-up for the year.

kuat lari..

And the final bout of stretching..

kaki kangkang..

And of course, the must-have snakes!

aiseh focus nice..

Check out that round yellow thing on the goalkeeper's pants..

And Ivy making full use of her last chance to high-stick during snakes. (pls hold your stick properly)

Due to the unexpectedly massive turnout of players (almost 3o i think), girls and guys were separated for drills, with Tania and Gary handling each group respectively.

Huge spurt in attendance also meant a lack of sticks, leaving some players without.

Girls listening to their coach-for-the-day (and Ivy.. doing something).

Monkeying around =)

Floorball trainings teach you to QUEUE UP and wait your turn.

Guys getting about during drill time.

Due to the lack of sticks available, thus inhibiting the full participation of every player during drills.. (means big headache for the coaches)

.. it was decided that GAME TIME would start earlier =D joy!

All the guys, juniors and girls played with and against each other.

So since game time was so long, here's lots of photos of it! Their last game time for the year..

Eulene stretching for the ball.

Zeph attacking Bev.

Ko ko Gary briefing the juniors.

Like sunflowers facing the sun, the floorballers face the ball. (i think i've used that line before somewhere..)

Derek going in for the kill.

Eunice getting a hold on the ball while everyone else looks on.

Juniors v. Girls - who'll get the ball??

Muka-tutup (Face-off)

Indy the 'goalkeeper' on all fours.

And nice focus! (again on Daniel Tan.. haih.)

Finally, the floorballers gathered for their final end-of-training briefing.. which lasted for a good half hour.

Among the things discussed: the highlights and lowlights of the year; about goalkeeper gear; anniversary dinner (sounds like wedding lol); extra trainings for selected players and what have you.

Group photo.. (i forgot to take a proper one DARN)

Alex, the main briefer, being club manager.

Ponytailed listeners.

And, the last photo taken of the last training of 2009: Gary memberi pendapatnya. (don't you feel so honoured?)

The end. (it's a HAPPY ending mind you!)

PS: if you're wondering why the post is up so early..

.. fireBRANDS ANNUAL YOUTH CAMP '09 IS TOMORROW!!! =D

The training after SUKPEN 09...

2009-12-05T19:53:00.009+08:00

Oh yeah. That's the most creative title EVER. :)

After a tiring week, training today was....alright. It could've been better - longer training or higher team morale. But that's the way life goes right? You get a little, you give a little.

Okay, so due to time restraints, we managed to do 2 drills after warm ups: triangle passing for the guys and....*sighs* (haha) the cones (ball control) for the juniors and gals. Because ultimately our greatness weakness is: the basics. I know it sounds cliche' (by now of course), but until we get those down, we don't stand a chance.

We also continued on our 200-passes ....

Around 2.00 PM, we went straight to games; this time all the teams going against each other so that we can gain proper game experience.

Pemuda sedang mengamati perlawanan bola lantai....

First game - Hamid Khan guys versus the girls. The catch? The guys couldn't dribble the ball once they received it....= they had to rely on looking up and passing properly. Important.

The goal was set up differently - hit either the two cones at the top corners of the goal, the stick on top of the goal or the ball bag on the ground. Defending team had to do push-ups for every goal in.

Debriefing had to take place outside today due to the fact that the kind Malay lady who always sits outside ushered us out. And the people who came to decorate the hall for a Chinese wedding later were rushing in.

Congrats to the happy couple! We hope you don't mind the stench of our sweat on the walls, stage and floor, yeah? That's what'cha paid for anyways right...

With sounds of inflating balloons in the background, Gary debriefed us about continuing to work on skill and technique. Alex reminded us to "keep our mental" during games, and to not lose our cool, with reference to an incident during SUKPEN.

Hopefully all of us will recover from defeat over the weekend and strive to play with our heads, not our hearts, the next time round. Thank you to our loyal supporters and our spirited players....and remember - if you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain.

....and apparently a lot of it.

Loopy loopy Floorballers

2009-11-28T18:54:00.010+08:00

Maybe it's global warming.

Maybe it's the excruciating mental torture SPM brings.

Maybe it's the fact that SUKPEN'S on Thursday....

Maybe it's because Dubai's going down, and the economy is dwindling down to its final thread....

....that Firebrands floorballers are getting a little....loopy.

Exhibit A

"They're getting married?!"

Exhibit B

"Gather around my chiiildren...heehh...yeesssh...together vee shall take over zee world! Muahahahaa!"-Gary

Exhibit C

"That's right my chiiildren....pass zee ball...hehhh.

..if you manage to pass it 10 tzimes, I will make zee other team do 10 push ups! Kakakakaka..." Gary cackles as he looks on.

The 5-on-5 drill was to test our passing skills

amidst a sea of defenders.

Don't be fooled though - it tests your math s

kills too.

Let's see - okay, so one actual pass doesn't really equal to one pass. It equals to half a pass. So two passes is equal to one pass.....

1 = 1/2

2 = 1

so 10 passes = 2x10

= 20 actual passes

Floorballers have to have mental brain power too, y'know...

Exhibit D

(Why do I have so many pictures of Gary)

Gary receiving compliments from Sarah.

"Memang pun..."

Exhibit E

James wearing a muscle tee... (oh wait, no that's actually quite normal)

Seen here waiting during the 2-on-1 drill.

Exhibit F

Gary's in an awfully good mood this week...

.....look, he found someone's underwear lying around on the floor!

"Oh you Frontliners!"

Exhibit G

Joyce in her "keeper helmet".

Exhibit H

Amidst everything around him, Vern Sern manages to flash a peace sign to the camera.

Or does that stand for victory....?

Exhibit I

First game, and Indy's pooped from defending. Period.

Behind him: from the keeper's perspective...

Exhibit J

Ouch. Shaun hurt his arm. Eunice looks on waiting for the ball to come by anyways.

Exhibit K

I like walls, do you like walls?

Exhibit L

Wayne became keeper for a game! The shin guards weren't working for him though.

Okay....so maybe we're not that loopy (it's really just me).

Training ended as usual....

We gotta remember NOT to play dirty (i.e. don't pinch Andrew or something like that), because well, how does that look for the entire club?

And if the ref calls something wrong, just get on with the game. Don't lose your cool.

Let's just try to have fun. :P

2009-11-26T23:57:00.003+08:00

Ahead of SUKPEN 09, we present you... fireBRANDS irresistible influence

We'll be sending two teams named fireBRANDS irri & fireBRANDS influence

The lists of players are as follow:

IrrI

Joyce

Sarah

Beverly

Eunice oh

Jesher

Shaun

Daniel Derek

Indy

Gary

InfluencE

Bryan

James

Vern Sern

Yung Feng

Lip Sen

Fred

Per Yue

Wayne

Zeph

Steven

Deswyn

We, fireBRANDS would like to send our apologies to Hamid Khan for not being able to send a school team for you guys as we couln't get enough ppl to play for the team. As for the saints, we are sorry that we can't release some of our players as we are severely lack of player. Before i wrap up everything i just hope that we can see more Ryan Giggs in the future, one that will choose Wales over England, one that will choose home country over glory.

In the Name of Floorball

2009-11-22T14:16:00.011+08:00

It's the end of November already?? [smacks forehead]

Before I go on: reminder for everyone to pass up their sentences a

bout their performance for the yearbook to Tania ASAP. :)

Anyway.....training yesterday was...as usual...~

"Bet you can't do this...Haiyaa!" - Kuan Yang

"*Sniffs* Yeah, I've seen better..." - Coach Jason

"Run, run as fast as you can - you can't catch me! I'm.....Gary."

Crouching tiger, hidden dragon....

A ghostly figure of Shawn (or is it Sean? Or maybe Shaun? Sorry.

...) during the snakes drill....

I'm not sure since when this started, but we started naming our drills in levels...

I wonder what a video game of floorball would look like...

Major League Floorball? Floorball Tour 2009? Floorball Hero?

Welcome Player 1! Choose your level;

LEVEL 1

Pass the ball, receive, bring it and shoot it into the

goal.

LEVEL 2

Pass the ball and make a "first-timer" shot into the goal using both backhand and forehand.

"I want a continuous motion from you when you make that shot, Player 1! Do not slow down!"

LEVEL 3

Pass the ball, receive, bring it to the front of the goal....score!

-----GAME OVER------

We also continued our "Quest of the 200-passes" and did Finland passes (I'm guessing they originated from Finland...?) and a 2-on-1 drill in "pairs of three". Quite self-explanatory.

We also played Mini Golf: Floorball Edition.....

5 pairs of players make passes to one another while avoiding the omnipresent defenders at the centre of the court. Much like those little wind mills at mini golf courses. Or the plastic alligators. You know what I mean.

Punishment for making an obstructed pass? Push ups, of course...

We finally had some game time at about 20 minutes to 3.00....

Seniors vs. Seniors + Tania

Juniors vs. Girls

Face off 1

"I got it!" - Tania

with Lisa in the background referee-ing

Interesting footwork, nice passes, and much more team

work....good job guys :)

Juniors and Girls, keep practicing on the technique and playing games till we become the best in Penang.

Always do your best : what you plant now, you harvest later.

Endnote ~

SUKPEN 4-5 December 2009

Paraphrased quotes from the coach:

"If you are on your school team, you are.....not to say forced...but highly encouraged to play for your school, not for this team. Okay, not just encouraged, more like mandatory...."

"We need to come together club-to-club, school-to-school, hand-in-hand to promote floorball on a government level."

"It's not about WINNING, it's about the numbers!"

With that said, play for your school's team (if that's possible), get more friends to join your school's team (even if they haven't touched a floorball stick before) and play in the name of floorball people!

Oh. And did anyone notice how tense Gary looked at practice?

Maybe it was the hair.

Kidding! ;)

NatGeo Presents:

2009-11-15T21:32:00.017+08:00

fireBRANDS Floorball Club's training, 14 November 2009, PBSM

It is not uncommon to catch a glimpse of the slowly increasing population of floorballers in Penang, a new spesies of mammals who wield sticks of carbon fibre and somehow find pleasure in doing so.

In this episode of NatGeo Presents (that's pree-sents, not prehh-zhunts), we get a closer look at this growing breed in their natural habitat.

Clad in pink is the rare Eulene, who is said to be rarely spotted among the floorballers.

The males of the spesies indulge in playing around before the rite of training officially begins.

This is a photo of all the floorballers jogging together as a precursor to the day's activities. Note that they are led by an alpha-male (in blue), known to them as the coach-for-the-day and is called Gary.
Their usual coach (odd, how these mammals refer to sports leaders with the same word they use for 'bus') took a backseat as he was unwell, but was still the de facto coach.

Stretching, apparently to warm-up the bodies of these warm-blooded people.

Balance is crucial for them to avoid falling over and tumbling into air and suffering painful landings.

All in a circle =)

Snake.

Cobra.

All under the eye of Coach Gary.

The group of them continued with more drills, to improve skills and teamplay; both very important to face the dangers of the wild.

The two coaches deliberating.

And finally they were set free to run as much as their hearts willed, in a session called game time (which was longer this time!).

Almost full-view of the court. (and that's Joyce there - keeper)

Interesting movement in this shot.

Scuffling for the ball.

And YES, that was a goal!!

Training concluded with the usual sit-around-in-a-circle-and-reflect practice.

And TWO new guys were officially welcomed into the club: Aaron and Frederick :)

So.

~~Viewers~~ Readers can learn more by COMING FOR TRAINING: Saturdays, 1-4pm, PBSM.

Multitask!

2009-11-04T17:19:00.005+08:00

Ever heard of 'sambil menyelam minum air'?

Or, how about: sunbathing while floorballing!

Because on this Saturday (7 Nov '09), training'll be at that basketball court along Jalan Delima. Yes, where our 'Pokok Demokrasi' is.

this place..

PBSM is unavailable, that's why. So come to Island Glades and NOT to Air Itam!

But same time yeah. 1-4p.m..

Pray it doesn't rain! Cuz if it's raining at 11a.m. onwards, training's cancelled k.

Come along and feel the heat, as PFL: Division 2 draws nearer..

EDIT: TRAINING IS CANCELLED, cuz there're canopies set up at the basketball court so we can't use it.

"The more you sweat in practice,

2009-11-02T17:09:00.011+08:00

the less you bleed in battle."

Back again for another good workout and stinky clothes afterwards.

"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven." - Knute Rockne (American football player-coach)

With the ever-present need to play as a team, the top on Coach Jason's list: the players lined up in two columns and...

...passed!

The figure to shoot (haha) for was 200. Once you're done with that, do another 200. Accurate, fast and look before you pass!

Then snakes, and a new drill more to the technical side of teamplay:

1. Two players run past each other.

2. 45-degree pass.

3. Shot.

Protractors, anyone?

After which, 4-on-5 (girls and juniors defending against the guys), a variant of the 2-on-1s usually done. Two teams of guys (the Khanz + Indy, and The Classic Team), two teams of girls & juniors (plus the coach himself).

It allowed the guys room to build up their teamplay, fluidity and expression on court. While the girls & juniors could learn by playing against those better than them.

And finally, the moment we've all been waiting for.

(do take a good look at each of the photos, they were carefully photographed, handpicked and painstakingly uploaded. lol)

The first face-off.

Cool-headed controlling by Deswyn while Per Yue goes in for the snatch.

Free-hit: spot the ball!

Gary attempting to penetrate through.

Beverly (i might've paraphrased a li'l, but roughly): Look at James' face! His expression!

I really like how the focus turned out here.

Indy single-handedly (literally and figuratively) charging by the wall.

Focus also not bad. But blur-ity is clarity of movement :)

The girls and juniors went 3-on-3 and ran with all the energy they could muster (6 outfield makes for a larger-than-life court).

And, cheers for keeper Nicholas Choong who definitely improved his movement, shielding the most part of the goal throughout the entire training. He only called it a day once the cramps started coming, after which Alex sub-ed in.

"I figure practice puts brains into your muscles." - Sam Snead (won 82 PGA Tour events), on golf.

Well then it probably applies to floorball too =)

Debrief!

(Sila teliti hayati foto-foto di bawah ini. Kemudian buat satu karangan tentang faedah-faedah menyertai fireBRANDS Floorball Training. Panjang huraian anda hendaklah lebih kurang 250 patah perkataan. xP)

O (circle)

4 of the Khanz floorballers =D it's real good having 'em here!

Making a point.

Kuan Yang talking about FLOORBALL STICKS.

'konon-nya'

And Alex with the last say.

Jason thinks like Benitez

2009-10-28T23:45:00.004+08:00

"Benayoun passes it to Kuyt, a square pass back to Benayoun, he sees Torres,

through pass upfront, Torres gets the ball, Ferdinand tries to stop him but he shoots.

GOALLLLLLL"

Floorball football floorball football, still ball

so when it comes to a ball game there's always one thing you need to do.. PASS

that's why badminton is called badminton and not badminton ball cause you don't pass the shuttlecock, anyway anyway

BACK TO BUSINESS

As promised last week, coach Jason started the training by asking the players to accomplish 200 passes, forehand passes. From now onwards he will be looking seriously into our passes. So guys, heads up, look into the eyes and pass. But remember, don't put electricity

Several drills concerning passing were done and it was time for APPLICATION

The players were all split into 4 teams, two seniors teams two juniors teams with a new line consisting of the PMR-mers. The seniors were challenged to keep all the goal posts and put back the badminton nets for those who lost. While for the juniors and the girls, they were given the HAK to play too, same durations, just like Pendidikan Moral's nilai-s 'melindungi hak kanak kanak' and ' menghormati hak wanita'

Okay and training ended, who lost? it doesnt matter as all of the players helped out to clear the courts.

And what have you learnt?

PASS

AND yeah,

Liverpool won by 2-0

why?

they passed a lot =D

Photocopy

2009-10-22T22:52:00.002+08:00

Yes, i felt like copying and pasting the announcement from last week, but nevermind!

To all Firebrands out there, training this saturday (24/10) will be from 2-5p.m. again.

Same place -PBSM!

So, pls don't go at 1p.m. expecting the Coach or Gary or Alex to be there..

..but don't be late either!

That's it, thank you for reading, GO FOR TRAINING (:

The Deepavali Training!!!

2009-10-19T20:45:00.009+08:00

Another week of training and this time after a hearty Indian meal then straight to training for some. What a laugh. somewhere between the drills some of them had to sit from the double portion of rice they had lolz.

Ok, the day started with...(let the pictures do the talking)

people coming.. duh...

first there were just the few early comers who are somehow always early.. which is a GOOD thing.. some of them before the warm up starts are already heated up lolz.. all sweaty

They Came!!
They talked!!

Then people came and did the usual five-O's (in some place that means police but not in this case)

Drills Drills Drills... Run people run, and so everybody ran with the coach cracking the whip behind our backs... "One teeny mistake and 20 push-ups everyone" =D can you imagine the joy?

Naw.. nobody did it wrong so no push-ups whoohoo!! Cheers people, good improvement. Say, come 3 months earlier and i think we'd all be doing push ups eh?

They Shot!!

So the regular drills and spills; snakes, two line drill, then came the IMPROVED SNAKE!!!!

They Blocked!!

And there was the coach (bullying [kidding]) training the players hands on, better show then just tell they say.

He blocked, caught, and let in... (it's a package you know..)

So drills and spills came to an end when the coach said... "You all ah.. lacking game experience.. so we shall play more game"(ok not literally like that but something like that haha) SO GAME WE CAME!!

Game time was life on the fast track putting lessons into practice.

Then there was SPK(senior pastor's kid) Shaun who was distracted while playing lol.. although he did score against that James guy.

Life on the faster lane....

The day came to and end with the coach briefing/debriefing the players on future drills and team stuff then Alex's turn to talk close stuff and collect fees

Look at how many people we have now.. definitely growing!!

This is me(that James guy)... with the report and pics.. hope ya'll like it!

Minta Perhatian..!

2009-10-16T00:31:00.004+08:00

*ding ding ding DING* [PA-system thingy, like in those shopping malls, y'know]

Training this Saturday is ON at PBSM.

However, due to the fact that it's Deepavali, training'll be from 2-5pm and not 1-4pm.

I know y'all very semangat wanna play floorball d but pls tahan for one hour, cuz no one's gonna be there at 1pm lol =)

terima kasih atas perhatian anda, dan selamat membeli-belah di Jusco

*DING ding ding ding*

Less-than-amusing Attendance; More-than-amusing Training.

2009-10-10T20:41:00.001+08:00

On the upside - Firebrands floorballers are making Ministry of Education people all across the country proud by spending their Saturdays studying.

But nevermind that - it was still an intense training for the 11 of us who did show up....

After warm ups we started with our most favourite drill of all time - snakes! People were getting better, and the coach was busy slaying the keeper by re-shooting all the balls people missed straight at him....

Next was the drill where one person at one end sprints mid-court, stops and sprints to the centre, asks for the ball and shoots it straight into the goal. I'm just going to call it running, passing and shooting. :D

The diagonal passing drill after that was a bit chaotic....it was a new one (for me) - everyone got into pairs and starting from the top corner of the court, we would stand facing our partners and keep passing the ball until the other corner of the court. Finally, the person on the left would run to the other side of the court, receive the ball, and make a clear shot into the goal....

So the coach decides to continue on the whole diagonal pattern.....and we do long, fast passes to our teammates who have sprinted to the other corner. The other person could experiment with their backhand shots once they got the ball...

By about halfway through, we did 2-on-1 drills ...followed by a briefing by Coach Jason on our need to emphasise fast, long shots in games. "If you're not quick enough, the other team will steal the ball, and your teammate will be ticked!"

We did the 2-on-1 again, this time having the attackers catch the defense off guard. The first attacker runs to the middle with the ball, the other attacker shifting sides of the court, and the first attacker shoots 45 degrees to his left, where it gets intercepted by the second attacker. Advice for the defense? "Block the opponents passing path! Don't go for the guy with the ball, block the guy without the ball!"

And as if that wasn't enough for you: we did a 2-on-3 drill too, with pre-determined attackers and defense players.

Unfortunately, Carmen sprained her ankle protecting the goal and had to ice it down afterwards.

....shortly thereafter her mother came to pick her up for ballet class. What perfect timing, right?

GAME TIME!

Interesting....because for once all the players from the Juniors, Women and Men trainings were mushed together to form 2 teams.

Highlights?

A lot of 'high-sticking' from James in the beginning...

A lot of good attempts at the goal from Le Anne's team, it's good to take many shots...

For the girls especially, I think I saw a lot of improvement in our play, considering where we've been since the first day of training.

Training wrapped up with some comments from the coach on our game - how it was good, aggressive and "energetic" towards the beginning, but rather "punctured" towards the end (somehow I think he was referring to me and Daniel becoming forwards).

But anywho! It was a good workout. Good training. Good day.

And for those of you at home reading this when you should be studying....go study!!!

Haha.....

Sleep well

Study hard

and come for floorball next week, alright?

Oh. And Happy [Early] Birthday Coach!

(isn't it interesting what you learn on facebook...)

Of bronzen Greek gods and flushing Roman goddesses

2009-10-04T20:19:00.013+08:00

GET A FLAWLESS SUN TAN IN 3 HOURS!

Don't even have to go to the beach.

Didn't bring sunblock?

It's okay, no one else bothered to.

Caution: You may feel uncomfortably hot and sticky. Sweat may also be a side-effect, but so is losing a few pounds.

...

Once upon a time, it was a bright, sunny afternoon. Winnie-the-Pooh thought it good that he would pop by at his friend Piglet's..

..well wherever Pooh Bear stayed, it definitely wasn't Penang.

No one would dream of going out at 1 p.m. in the afternoon on a bright, sunny day here.

Except maybe..

...

3/10/09. Couldn't get PBSM, but no problem. Training still on!

At a basketball-turned-floorball court.

..you can see Wayne there on the phone. It was 1p.m. and no one was there yet.

Minutes later, cue the arrival of the hot biker dudes.

The training ground, with trees around.

Setting up the goalposts first...

...and put your bags, bottles, shoes at the side.

Warm-up was four half-rounds around the grassy area behind the basketball court.

Ooooh, the smell of freshly-cut grass.

Next, the basic of the basic of the basic, which is not the basic - passing.

Combined training was a boost to the players as the court wasn't overcrowded and we could train alongside everyone else in Firebrands Floorball Club - whether guy or girl, senior or junior, young or old.

Coach Jason making use of bright, orange cones to explain the next drill: the X-box.

And now we put it into action.

Later training progressed to 2-on-1s. Coach Jason taught the defenders the technical side of defending, and on keeping a cool head.

Speaking of cool, the hot, searing sun meant more fatigued players than usual, and so waterbreaks and briefings took place under our very own...

...Pokok Demokrasi!

Coach Jason with the cones again.

And getting down on his knees to push home a point. Oh and check out the ground! The pebbly path, good for walking on barefooted in the name of foot reflexology.

Let's think again now, shall we?

Next, game time!

Here's when we really get to reap the benefits of combined training =D

No keeper? No problem. Goals only counted if the ball hits either of the top corners of the net.

So, after a goalless game full of valiant efforts by the players, debriefing.

Training drew to a close with a prayer by Sarah, to the amazing God who answers our prayers and held the rain even though there were gray clouds in the sky. And it only rained at about 6-something p.m., well after our training.

...

The aftermath: James getting a few tones darker; and Joyce, Sarah and Eureka getting sunburnt.

Just a step closer to looking like bronzen Greek gods and flushing Roman goddesses.

Another wonderful training?

2009-09-30T22:53:00.003+08:00

Behold, the training on 26th of september was

....................

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.......

...

another training lah, what else?

okay shall we start off with the girls training first?

yes, we shall

can you tell me the number of people who attended the training?

6+1 (ivy *late)

what you all did?

uh, lots & lots of things

okay, i mean duh. tell me something special, can you?

hmm we did a drill that really helps us in floorball i guess. it requires more of our movements and understanding on the game. basically we were taught to create at least two options for our teammate who is having the ball. ya that's pretty much about it

i see, so at the end of the training do you think you girls benefit a lot from the drills or is it just another training session?

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE LEARNT A LOT, it's like a UPSR student being able to pass PMR after the training.

nice one, any words for the girls?

keep up the good work and see you next week =)

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welcome back, we shall continue with the guys training right?

what can i say? up to you

fine, i saw inconsistency of players coming for training, any comment?

yup, that's something we are trying to sort out asap. the inconsistency is mainly due to the upcoming PMR which most of our 'promising young stars' are sitting for. not only being granted study leave by their schools, we fireBRANDS showed mercy too by granting them study leave. anyway new recruits like joash, aik han and shaun did fill in the gap for them. not to be missed, we have the privilege of playing with tania too.

but as i know, many of the form 5 students will be missing the training soon too, any way to solve this temporary BIG problem?

as for now we will be combining with the girls and juniors. not just because of the numbers but we want all the players in the club to bond together and mengikis perasaan "assabiyah", thats why we decided to combine the trainings for a couple of weeks to see the outcome.

sounds cool, so can you brief us about what you guys did during training?

as usual, warm-up drills. what made the training special was the ratio of drills and games. we only did some shooting drills before proceeding to games. shooting sounds simple to most of us but shooting from a long range? yes, no, maybe? drag shot and slap shot were among the shots taught that day. GAME TIME, we were divided into two teams and...and...and...we played

last word for you?

not last word, last sentence. concentrate on your studies but don't forget floorballing

thank you myself for interviewing myself

Don't sesat!

2009-09-28T16:42:00.002+08:00

Training this Saturday (3 October 2009) is at the basketball court near Hamid Khan.. It's in a playground along Jalan Delima.

We went there once, but that time it rained (pray it won't rain again!).

Pls don't go PBSM instead yeah =)

And training from now on (until further notice) is from 1-4p.m. (combined - seniors, juniors, girls and everyone in between).

See y'all there!

Mixed, Moulded, and Mashed

2009-09-19T23:06:00.015+08:00

29 September 2009

Combined training! Meet the full force of Firebrands Floorball Club. And finally all the players have the chance to train alongside each other in one training, instead of the usual split trainings.

12:52 p.m.

The only people in PBSM're Sarah, Tania, and a few Frontliners (our training slot's directly after theirs).

How the court looked like then:

One Frontliner practising shooting. And you can actually see the yellow ball flying in the net..

1:05 p.m.

More people come d.

And now the court's like:

Playing around before training officially started.

1:12 p.m.

Coach-for-the-day Gary Lee still nowhere in sight. But nevermind, we shall not waste time..

..warm-ups!

Then snakes and the two-line pass-shoot drill.

And finally, the coach arrives.

1:51 p.m.

Since the turnout was unexpected (means training got more people than predicted), the girls and the guys were split.

The girls' corner.

And the guys.

Drills were done separately for both groups, Gary leading the guys and Tania leading the girls. The guys worked on their basics (passing and shooting) while the girls did a mixture of drills (star passes, Big Bad Wolf, cones).

1:56 p.m.

Train, train, train!

James coaching Joyce the goalkeeper.

The girls.

And while Lisa spin-offs, the guys do their passing.

More coaching for Miss Wholesome of SMKCGL.

Guys behind there lining up to take shots.

2:40 p.m.

Although it seemed like the split during the drills seemed to defeat the whole 'combined training' concept, all was not lost, cuz now we're back together for...

...game time! And the juniors got to face-off against the guys, something that only happens very rarely.

Silalah menghayati foto-foto di bawah ini, and read from each of them a thousand words each.

3:50 p.m.

Debriefing by Alex, and training ended with a word of prayer.

Playing to WIin

2009-09-18T15:41:00.001+08:00

Playing to Win

You may have heard "It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." There is another phrase "It's not whether you win or lose; it's whether you win." Which is true?

There are millions of soccer players in the world; but only one team will win the World Cup. If winning is the only thing, then what about the millions who didn't win the World Cup?

The answer is that winning is very important, but there are other things more important in life. If you play soccer - or any sport - and enjoy being part of the team; get in shape; help your team; learn to cooperate; share the joys - and sorrows - of your teammates - then you are a true winner.

Eric Liddell was an Olympic runner; he sacrificed a possible gold medal because he felt God did not want him to run on Sundays. He lost an earthly reward because he was more concerned about pleasing God than winning a gold medal. Whether you run on Sunday or not is between you and God, but the goal for all of us should be to please God more than anything on this earth.

-everysoccerplayer.com

Attention

2009-09-16T17:50:00.004+08:00

This saturday's training the guys will be combining with the girls and juniors

time: 1pm to 4pm

place: pbsm headquarters

bring: you know what to bring

*3pm to 5pm training cancelled, remember, it's combined!!

Rising Star Reviews

2009-09-16T16:25:00.005+08:00

Firebrands Bak Chang

vs SXI Lunatics lost 0-3

vs CONTACT drivers lost 1-2

*Rated as the best team in the club by Coach Jason himself, Bak Chang went into the tourney with much expectations from the whole club and also themselves. Semi-finals seemed to be something achievable until they stepped into the court. Against the mighty SAINTS, our guys were totally killed off, the combination of SXI's Algin and Jefferey made our defence look so fragile. 3-0. Our guys were determined to bounce back against CONTACT. It was a 50-50 match, both teams were fighting for a win to secure a place in the quarter-finals. When James drag shot went past CONTACT's keeper, the whole team's spirits were lifted. The joy did not last long as CONTACT equalised later on. Just before the final whistle was blown, Charmaine's rebound was good enough to kill off the entire Firebrands, 2-1. Good match, good runs, good shots, what can we say? The ball is round.

Among all the players, Nicholas stood out. First time playing in a match, his brave saves kept the scoreboard below 3. Keep it up.

Firebrands Bak Kua

vs FRONTLINERS Fusion lost 0-4

vs CONTACT Army lost 0-2

vs INNEBANDY!CO lost 0-5

*The whole team's objective was to have fun and learn as much as they could. Bak Kua knew that their chances of qualifying to the next round was slim after Alex pulled out cause of knee injury. Made up of mostly under-15 boys, the first match against FRONTLINERS saw Bak Kua beaten 4-0. The team went off the court smiling. Bak Kua second match was against CONTACT, a win means there was still chance for the team to qualify. Lack of cutting edge saw the team miss a couple of one-on-one with keeper shots. The on-form CONTACT keeper made the forwards' job harder. In the end, Sheryn's superb free hit sealed CONTACT a comfortable 2-0 victory. Playing INNEBANDY with their tired limbs was not something very good. Beautiful passes from INNEBANDY and Bak Kua's defensive errors saw the match go one-sided towards INNEBANDY. 5-0. No goals was scored by the team but they had fun, not forgetting, they've learnt a lot.

Daniel's tireless run saw him stood up among the rest, better positioning will make him even better in the future. Good job.

Firebrands Bak Hu

vs ZTEC 2011 lost 0-9

vs SXI Kamikaze lost 1-3

vs MINDEN Titanium lost 0-9

*All beginners team. Drawn with ZTEC and MINDEN, the team had no choice but to suffer the 'tortures'. Against ZTEC, the team was like Saudi Arabia and ZTEC was Germany, Amos = Klose. For those who still remember that World Cup match, it was almost similar except the scoreline was worse. 9-0, no complaint, the team tried their best to keep the scoreline below 10. Next up, SXI Kamikaze, the only team in the tourney that the team had a chance to win against. Joshua scored from a free hit, and the whole club was excited to see this beginner team qualify for the next round. BUT, again the combination of the SAINTS killed our hope, this time it was Marcus and Joel, 1-3.

Last match against MINDEN, 9-0. As a conclusion, the whole played really well eventhough some of them just started playing floorball less than a month ago. Praises be upon them.

Delon showed us how YouTube can be your teacher. Two thumbs up!

KESIMPULANNYA

There is no IFs

Many said, if we combine all the forces, we could have achieved something.

If we were to send in only two teams only, we could have achieved something.

what if we sent only two teams and we did not achieve something and the beginners don't get to play?

1)win everything, learn nothing, neglect the beginners or 2) lose, learn lots of things, beginners get their exposure to floorball? YOU choose =)

What Happened.

2009-09-07T13:15:00.011+08:00

For anyone out there (I can't imagine who?) who wants to know what happened, what went wrong and what came out of it.

Or, um, if you just wanna look at the few photos and skip all the words.

Bak Kua Loti

Hybrid: Sugar & UniHawks

Bak Kua Loti came into this game as underdogs, and left not much the wiser. Put a bunch of nervous floorballers against seasoned ones, many of them state players, and this is what you get: Wipeout.

At the beginning, Bak Kua Loti started quite okay-ly, but the truth that their oppoenents were a league ahead soon emerged as goal after goal was conceded.

Bak Kua Loti were obviously not in form and were snuffed out rather tamely while Hybrid's keeper barely touched the ball. It was like a day off for her.

Hybrid most deservedly took the game home.

Frontliners Amazons

True to their advantage in skill, Frontliners retained possession of the ball throughout the most part of the game while Bak Kua Loti did their best to stop conceding goals.

Even then the team dynamics weren't working for Bak Kua Loti as Frontliners moved on to a 5-goal lead, which was a good enough cushion for Pei Li to sit at the sidelines for a while and let the newer floorballers take to the court.

And even when Frontliners was reduced to two women (due to use of illegal sticks), the under-par forwards failed to deliver and penetrate through the solid defense of Pei Li and Sharron.

So yeah.

Bak Hu Loti

3-2 to Bak Kua Loti, speaking volumes about Bak Hu Loti's capability and potential.

Bak Hu Loti managed to somehow fumble the ball in first, taking the lead. Finally Bak Kua Loti caught up with an own goal by Bak Hu Loti and two other goals.

Credits to Bak Hu Loti keeper Joyce for some very nice saves and catching the ball so many times, to the dismay of this writer.

Sisters Stephanie and Natalie of Bak Hu Loti managed to slip another one into the goal, but fortunately for Bak Kua Loti the whistle sounded thrice.

G12

We meet again.

G12 with the likes of sharpshooter Valerie pummeled through the defense mercilessly and had a good shooting spree.

Any wants of Bak Kua Loti for anything close to revenge (for the recent friendly) fell short as they stumbled over and over again. Their defense proved unable to hold up against G12's arsenal and the forwards just got thwarted every time.

A fitting end to G12's campaign to gold.

Bak Hu Loti

G12

It was like putting Wolves against Manchester United.

Or, more accurately, asking a random guy on the street to make roti canai better than your favourite roti canai seller.

Bak Hu Loti came in ignorant of many rules in the game of floorball, and this was made worse by the fact that their opponents would later turn out to be the champions.

Referees, thank you for your patience :)

The fact that Bak Hu Loti was mostly new to the sport showed itself boldly clear during this match, conceding about a dozen goals while trying to stay mentally strong.

Frontliners Amazons

Okay, besides the fact that we lost..

Sister power! Stephanie and Natalie ran for every ball and took every shot, however messy it seemed and came through with one goal for Bak Hu Loti.

Vern Ern clearly gained her composure and was an important part in Bak Hu Loti's defense.

And well, keeper Joyce made sure the opponents didn't put one past her easily.

This game showed that Bak Hu Loti has big, big potential.

Hybrid: Sugar & UniHawks

Stephanie and Natalie showed that they were a threat as they again worked together and managed to scored one past Hybrid.

Hybrid showed no mercy but instead seemed to relentlessly dive in for the kill each time they could and delivered more often than not.

However much they conceded, Bak Hu Loti remained calm and collected mentally while doing their best to fend off the onslaughts.

Bak Kua Loti

[same as the one for Bak Kua Loti v Bak Hu Loti]

Conclusion.

As club manager Alex said,"Just keep believing... We will be the top."

You can't deny that it was good exposure and experience.

And, yup, it shows that we do have some rising stars indeed =)

It's all in the mind.

2009-09-05T22:13:00.008+08:00

Mind.

Think straight.

Don't get frustrated.

Mental mesti kuat.

Too little mind and you will bagai rusa masuk ke kampung.

Too much and it starts to feel heavy.

Just right, then settle d.

Your mind lets you see.

Lets you hear.

Lets you react.

Just don't lose your mind.

(okay i'm starting to sound like ky. better stop. but it's relevant.)

...

The first problem started on the day I got the form. The last problem was solved at 12:30a.m. on Saturday. Problems are like silly mistakes - they make your life interesting (well at least that's the optimistic side).

Lack of players. No one wants to be keeper. How to get the parents' signatures on time? Keeper's helmet and gear. Not enough jerseys. Players no transport.

...

Then finally, the day itself. All the efforts put in - it all culminates down to this. We did it all for this.

And, by some weird stroke of memory loss, I FORGOT TO TAKE MY FLOORBALL STICK OUT OF THE CAR.

Oh noooo.

Nevermind, borrow stick, different feel but still ah what to do. It works.

Bak Hu Loti first game. Bak Kua Loti second game. Bak Hu Loti again third game. Settle, spend the whole first hour at the court.

...

Bak Hu Loti's first game - Hybrid: Sugar & UniHawks. Eventual runners-up.

Wah, honestly, it was mensiasuikan (means embarrasing). The ignorance of the players was most definitely NOT bliss, not at that very moment.

You know what, maybe we should've sent one team in only.

Ah, but for the sake of the growth of floorball :).

I can't bear to watch.

...

And that day, for me, when in court, half of the battle was in the mind.

You kinda feel lost on court sometimes. Where do I go? What should I do? What am I doing?

Or frustrated, till your patience is cut when your teammates don't know what "tap" (tap the ball during a free hit) and "clear" (clear the ball) mean.

Or just struck in disbelief when the ball somehow rolls past your keeper into the net.

Or wishing you could play floorball properly.

...

And eventually Bak Hu Loti did pick up their pace - with the synergic combination of sisters Natalie and Stephanie stabbing in some less-than-beautiful-but-still goals; first-time goalkeeper Joyce making some very good saves and catches; and the defense beefing up with Vern Ern clearing the balls.

No, I don't regret sending in two teams. For the sake of the growth of floorball :). It was good exposure.

For Bak Kua Loti, I'd say it was an off-day, including myself. For me la, from my perspective. Opponents seemed to cut through the defense and weave around as if nothing was there to stop them. And the forwards weren't delivering. The goals weren't coming.

Okay, uh, before this gets taken wrongly, I don't mean the players weren't good. They are.

Anyways, even step-in coach / team manager Gary was so kin-cheong at the sidelines.

Let's just say we were the underdogs, the small fish.

...

At the end of the day, once all's said and one, it was good exposure, much fun, experience gained, knowledge earned.

"...just too much pressure on you to perform alone"

Well said, Von.

...

Penghargaan =D

ALL the players (i mean ALL), for being willing to join and wake up early and play to the best of your abilities. I appreciate you, honest.

Beverly and Joyce, for agreeing to be goalkeepers. Thanks.

Gary Lee Kah Yoon, for the big HELP he's been to the teams. Like driving from Tanjung Tokong to PISA to collect parents' signatures, solving the problems I dumped on him after he stepped in for Alex, buying kneeguards, supporting, and being the only guy involved at a team's sidelines throughout the tournament.

The organizers, referees, secretariats, ball-pickers - for making the tournament historic and to remember.

And God, for being there. Means a lot.

*i know this write-up is very messy. it's a personal-experience-report-thingy. proper report and reviews to be up.*

Announcement

2009-09-01T19:09:00.005+08:00

Rising Star Floorball Challenge 09 managers meeting

date : 3rd of September

time : 8 p.m.

place : Gateway City Church, E-Gate

tania, wayne, delon and gary please be there

there will be training session on the 5th for the guys

please take note and inform your friends, same time same place, see ya'll

no training on the 12th for girls & juniors...

...cuz we can't get the sticks in time.

Rising Star Floorball Challenge 09

2009-08-30T16:11:00.005+08:00

FireBrands Floorball Club will be sending two women teams and three guys teams to the upcoming Rising Star Floorball Challenge on the 5th & 12th of the lovely month, September

So here are the teams and the lists of players:

Women category:-

Firebrands Bak Kua Loti

Tania Loke (C)

Sarah Khoo

Tan Le Anne

Beverly Wong

Carmen Ngo

Eureka Foong

Nithiyaa

Cherie Wong

Firebrands Bak Hu Loti

Joyce Lim (C)

Vanessa Khoo

Eunice Oh

Sakthiswari

Stephanie Lum

Natalie Lum

Loh Vern Ern

Open category:-

Firebrands Bak Kua

Gary Lee (C)

Daniel Tan

Alex Low

Deswyn Ang

Zephaniah Chong

Bryan Koh

Chan Per Yue

Firebrands Bak Chang

Tan Yinn Wayne (C)

James Tan

Loh Vern Sern

Oon Lip Sen

Andrew Chan

Tang Kah Fung

Nicholas Choong

Steven Ong

Firebrands Bak Hu

Delon Kang (C)

Nehemiah Jebaraj

Jesher Lim

Marc Tong

Joshua Tong

Isaac Lim

Philip

Bryan's Bro (will get his name soon)

So thats the players that will be playing on 5th and 12th of sept

The girls be at the stadium before 7 45 am on the 5th

And for the guys 7 am sharp on the 12th

'those who are late cause of dim sum breakfast, push up 100times LOL'

any enquiries please contact:

alex or tania

When The Rain Doused The Fire

2009-08-30T14:13:00.017+08:00

Two words to describe last saturday's (29/8) training: POTONG STIM!!!

It was a training that never came to be.

The mighty trees, the green grass, the fresh air... the pouring rain.

Okay, number one, change of venue to an outdoor basketball court. No problem! Still semangat! Everyone's still coming =D

So the girls' training started as usual with warm-ups, then progressed to passing, although Coach Jason had yet to come.

And guess what? There're PHOTOS!!! (oh gosh one photo takes more than 3 minutes to upload.)

Then came that fatal stroke, the last straw that broke the camel's back..

... the incessant drops of water from the sky pouring down mercilessly onto the battlefield, leaving the soldiers bereft of safe enough ground to run around.

In other words, rain until the floor wet wet then people fall down so not safe ma so ma cannot play lor so training ma cancel lor.

To make up for the lack of action, we have more photos!

(note that the floor's different)

Consequently, both the girls & juniors and the guys training were called off. Girls went home. The guys who were already there talked instead about.. a lot of things lah.

Conversation shots (shows you how awesome camera zoom can be):

And that was officially it.

Rain, rain, go away,

Come again another day,

Firebrands got training wei..

woah, TIRED!!

2009-08-16T00:59:00.003+08:00

tick...tock...tick...tock... is 3p.m.

no more mc saver

say hi to killer

if you wished to be thinner

be a fireBRANDS floorballer

woo, i am so lame

OKAY, guys training today was AWESOME

we started off with warm-ups drills, you know what right?

nvm, i'll just type them out for the sake of typing, no la no la

uhm, snake, japanese drill level 1,2,3 and thats it

next up, the guys tried to imitate the girls

ya, you're right, ..........which is not the basic

zig zag, take a ball, pass to jason, he pass to u,

U SHOOT!!

easy?? ask WAYNE =)

di samping itu, we did *the jason drill

see the name also scared d right?

memang bertaraf dunia i tell u this drill

defender shoot, forward block keeper, then rebound

is hard to put it into words but is just

WORLD CLASS. lol

what's next?

cheng cheng cheng ( andrew's voice )

5 vs 3 plus 4 benches

objective : pass through the wall

drills, drills, drills, ppl dont need to play meh?

okay lo, play lo

same line as the previous weeks

FACE-OFF!!!

the game ended 4-1 but score is not important

what is important is _____________

fill in the blank

yeah, training was really tiring and fun

but of course, nothing is perfect

we have to end training at 4 40pm cause two of our members

had to leave earlier and some other reasons

the rest gathered and debrief

tick...tock...tick...tock... is 5p.m. training ended

see you in training next week

same time same place =)

School replacement, SO??

2009-08-16T00:18:00.003+08:00

School replacement, so?

SO? let me tell you,

only 6 regular customers went to the market

i am trying to act smart. NVM

6 girls and a junior came for the training, in numbers we are very very few

BUT

' less people means we have higher level of intensity '

-coach Jason

SO, the training went on, sweats, sweats and....

no, not sweats, METABOLIC WASTE

onely, SNAKE

twoly, 2-lines drill

threely, a drill that will help u to get to the

basic of the basic of the basic

which is not the basic

fourly, zig zag, receive ball n SHOOT

fively, travel with the ball for few metres,

pass to gary, he pass back to u,

then u pass to jason, he pass back to u

& SHOOT

sixly, water break,

have a break, have a kit kat

sevenly, game time

no keeper = don't need to play?

is it so easy to stop the girls?

no keeper = no problem

solution?

goal = both top corners

eightly, finish

sit down in a circle and listen

while u're doing that, u can also put your eyes

on our guys, doing their warm ups. joking

DONT DO THAT, concentrate on coach jason,

he's way much handsome than any of the guys in firebrands

p.s. trying to bodek jason. LOL

i think thats all for the girls n juniors training for

15th of august 2009

thank you for reading, don't correct my english, i like onely XD