A very warm saturday afternoon greeted the usual PMC soccer regular khahkis at EV. We also welcome afew new friends of Choon Heng joining us for the first time, and also Kris joining us again after a long time. The session begin with Maurice opening with a devotion sharing the great love of Jesus Christ, reminding us christians of our Lord and Saviour as well a pondering thought for those who have yet to come to know our Lord.
Maurice sharing devotion
Stretching for the game
The guys are then divided into their colour top, with the Bright ( Red and white) [8] vs the Dark ( Black and Blue) [7]. The Dark played with a little more handicap, as their average age is definitely alot greater than the Bright plus the 1 man down, hence the onus is for the younger Bright team to take the game on against the Dark.
It was a very high scoring session, given the huge pitch, though only maximising 3/4 of the pitch by a total of 15 players on it. Team Bright were able to make use of their younger legs to open up and score first. Almost everyone got on the scoresheet for team Bright, as they play a rotation of GK policy. For team Dark, Maurice was the GK for a larger part of the time and almost single handedly kept their team in the session after the first half, and with Ronnie being the most influential player for team Dark, being all over the pitch despite his age and chipping in afew goals as well. Literally.
The session ended with Jacob closing us in prayer; timecheck close to 6pm! In other words everyone has had a runout for close to 3 hours! Definitely a very good workout session!
Some points from the small gameplay, many small aspects of the game can be observed and improved on for each and every individual player, even as the session was carried out in a friendly manner. From accuracy of short passes, long passes, first touches, movement off the ball, positioning on the field, crosses from wide areas to the final finishing shot. And of course, a large pitch means physically, fitness is going to be a big test. Especially so for 1 v 1 challenges and sprints. Definitely room for much improvement, as we head towards a series of competitive 11-a-side games.
Just my share of thoughts from the session.
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