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Thursday, April 07, 2011 @ 9:26 AM
We are in the finals.
I want to share with you all what lijing wrote for the team the night before the tj-sa match. It was inspiring, still is, and even as I'm writing this post I can't believe that they are one step closer to achieving the tj wcwpt dream.
"Tomorrow's game is one that we started the season looking forward to, the most highly anticipated match of the year, the one that we trained so hard for. There'll be no second chances; no regrets; no what ifs; no could have beens and no buts.
Tomorrow we are up against our strongest opponent, ourselves. This is not a game between SA and us anymore, it's a battle against ourselves, a fight to redefine "giving our best", making our best better. Tomorrow we will conquer the pool, solely because we will continue fighting on till the last second, when the horn is sounded. This is it girls, it's time to prove that Mr Loh and Mr Bunz have not scolded us in vain, time to do this together as a team and time to savour the fruits of our labor. Tomorrow they may kick, pull, scratch, punch, drown and climb on us. But why should we let what they can/cannot do affect us? Our ability is not built on what our opponent does to us. It is built from belief in yourself, on the support that the team gives. In the past few weeks we have grown so much closer, the bonds forged are so much more stronger. We are now what people call "family" and I really think of you guys as my family. So much sacrifices, tears, sweat and blood just for this moment. Let us shine tomorrow, in the pool.
Remain calm girls, remember what you're supposed to do. Follow the game plan, but do not stick to it. Change and go with your instincts if need be. Do not always think that the shots should come from the stronger players, try and give it your best and hardest shot. Mark tight, do not let them swim past you. Mark like your life depends on it. Watch the man, do not let them slip away. Protect your ball, take a foul if needed and always look out for the free man. Because we believe in ourselves, because we trust that our teammates will be fighting as hard as you are, because we've been through so much together as a team, because we deserve it, tomorrow, we go out there, and play like never before. We deserve the best effort we can give ourselves because this team deserves nothing but the best. Rest well girls for we have a battle to win tomorrow. "
-tan li jing, captain of TJC water polo team 2011
The girls, some were sick or injured, physical signs of the past few weeks of intense training revealing their ugly head. Yet, they persevered. Even as I was standing at the spectator stand at acsi yesterday, cheering them on and adrenaline pumping with each point scored against our opponent, I just felt so proud of team 2011. Because what I saw wasn't weakness, but the mental grit to break past any pain. A determination so evident, it was the rock that brought them through every quarter. What I witnessed, was team spirit.
We are already winners, because we have made it this far.
To the girls playing next wednesday, give it your all, give it your very best, and GOLD IS POSSIBLE.
I want to share with you all what lijing wrote for the team the night before the tj-sa match. It was inspiring, still is, and even as I'm writing this post I can't believe that they are one step closer to achieving the tj wcwpt dream.
"Tomorrow's game is one that we started the season looking forward to, the most highly anticipated match of the year, the one that we trained so hard for. There'll be no second chances; no regrets; no what ifs; no could have beens and no buts.
Tomorrow we are up against our strongest opponent, ourselves. This is not a game between SA and us anymore, it's a battle against ourselves, a fight to redefine "giving our best", making our best better. Tomorrow we will conquer the pool, solely because we will continue fighting on till the last second, when the horn is sounded. This is it girls, it's time to prove that Mr Loh and Mr Bunz have not scolded us in vain, time to do this together as a team and time to savour the fruits of our labor. Tomorrow they may kick, pull, scratch, punch, drown and climb on us. But why should we let what they can/cannot do affect us? Our ability is not built on what our opponent does to us. It is built from belief in yourself, on the support that the team gives. In the past few weeks we have grown so much closer, the bonds forged are so much more stronger. We are now what people call "family" and I really think of you guys as my family. So much sacrifices, tears, sweat and blood just for this moment. Let us shine tomorrow, in the pool.
Remain calm girls, remember what you're supposed to do. Follow the game plan, but do not stick to it. Change and go with your instincts if need be. Do not always think that the shots should come from the stronger players, try and give it your best and hardest shot. Mark tight, do not let them swim past you. Mark like your life depends on it. Watch the man, do not let them slip away. Protect your ball, take a foul if needed and always look out for the free man. Because we believe in ourselves, because we trust that our teammates will be fighting as hard as you are, because we've been through so much together as a team, because we deserve it, tomorrow, we go out there, and play like never before. We deserve the best effort we can give ourselves because this team deserves nothing but the best. Rest well girls for we have a battle to win tomorrow. "
-tan li jing, captain of TJC water polo team 2011
The girls, some were sick or injured, physical signs of the past few weeks of intense training revealing their ugly head. Yet, they persevered. Even as I was standing at the spectator stand at acsi yesterday, cheering them on and adrenaline pumping with each point scored against our opponent, I just felt so proud of team 2011. Because what I saw wasn't weakness, but the mental grit to break past any pain. A determination so evident, it was the rock that brought them through every quarter. What I witnessed, was team spirit.
We are already winners, because we have made it this far.
To the girls playing next wednesday, give it your all, give it your very best, and GOLD IS POSSIBLE.
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