Intensive Training during Nov-Dec school holidays

The basketball tournament for the West Zone is scheduled to start on 14 Jan 2013 and to last till March. This will be the first tournament our boys will play against the west zone schools. They will face up against strong opponents like Choa Chu Kang Primary and Kranji Primary. As such, they have to train hard during this school holiday to build up their strength and stamina as well as learn tactics that they can use on the court.

Today's session was taken by Mr Eugene Ng. He took the opportunity to reinforce with the boys and the girls the importance of working together as a team, sharing with them the 5 must haves in a player:

(1) Stamina
(2) Movement
(3) Ball skills
(4) Tactics and
(5) Spirit

These 5 requisites are liken to the 5 fingers which are then clenched together to form a tight fist, to fight hard in the court. Thank you, Mr Ng for the analogy. Believe the boys will remember it well.

Next, Mr Ng explained to the team the purpose of each stretching exercise, how it develops and warms up different muscle groups and also the different drills to improve their movement and ball skills.