Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Dear Theresians,
Welcome back from Penang! I heard of your outstanding performance at the games and I certainly hope to see more of that in Singapore! Hope your trip to Malaysia has helped to build your hockey skills, reading of the game, confidence and mental toughness. Such games are great exposure for you as you get to meet different kinds of opponents and allow you to work cohesively as a team. Through such experiences, you will eventually mature to become a better hockey player!
Your trip to Penang is part of our preparation for the Nationals inter-school Hockey tournament 2006. Let us not forget our goal for 2006 – which is to improve on the overall standing of CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent at the National Schools. In 2005, the school achieved a Bronze and a Silver medal….it’s time for a change of colour girls J !
In order to achieve our goal for 2006, we really need your full commitment to train and play as a team. We hope to see encouragement and motivation among the players, reminding each other of the importance of balancing work and play, positive discipline and attitude towards trainings, enthusiasm to improve individual skills and of course welcoming the newbie sec one hockey players into our Theresian family.
There are many ways of contributing to the team :
reminding each other of training times and checking why someone is absent
helping a weaker student with her work before/after training
positive encouragement/talk when you see someone doing something good
positive encouragement even when things are not going well
practicing either as a small group or individually on the hardcourt before morning assembly or during recess (ask teachers/coach for little drills if you are keen)
keep yourself physically fit by working on your stamina and diet
constantly keep out distractions and focus on trainings and games (refer to the mental skills handouts during workshop and Penang booklet) – be mentally prepared!
Ideally, the motivation to become a good hockey player should always come from within. Do not wait for the teacher/coach/ or captain to go after you to do any of the above. By now, you should have the self-discipline to do all/most of the above mentioned. I sincerely hope everyone has a clear idea of how to be a good contributing player in the team.
Enclosed with this email is the schedule for trainings and games for January 2006. Notice we have set aside Monday trainings for C division and Tues trainings for B division? The reason is that we hope to provide more quality training with more individual attention given to the players if the group is smaller. Nevertheless, the field is big enough to accommodate anyone who needs extra training or practice at the other end of the field (short corner, flicks, one on one…etc.) Hence, although it is stated that training is mainly for C division on Mondays and B division on Tuesdays, all players are welcome to use the field for their own practices, although it may not be their training day. The coach and teacher in charge will always be there on those days J
Before I sign off, I hope to remind everyone of our Theresian Hockey vision :
Every Theresian hockey
player is a
sportswoman,
who is a leader,
a learner
and a lady.
Thank you and God bless you.
Have a wonderful 2006!
Best regards,
Mrs Nicole Quek-Tan
eat sleep hockey; 7:06 pm
