one-man game vs team game
im not a sports person. not dat i dun like sports. its jus dat, i suck at it. and the vicious cycles continues. maybe its not dat i suck at sports. its just dat there are so many better players out there, such that i feel inferior, and start to close myself out. but am i really dat lousy? maybe, maybe not. maybe wat i lack is that opportunity? that opportunity to shine.
i may look nua. the kinda princess who will crumble when u give her a gentle shove. but im far from it. ok, i hav no stamina. but dats cos im lazy to work out. who determines how good you are at something? yourself? your peers? your teachers/parents?
is tiger woods born a golf champion? NO.
is david beckham born a soccer captain? NO.
am i born a sports failure? NO!
i suppose all kids start off more or less equal. in primary school, i joined netball. [dun look so suprised leh... i wasnt smashed by the ball ok. im not dat lousy.] i put in hours of training together with the rest. in the end, due to my height, rather, the lack of it, i was made reserve of the team. n neva got a single chance to play at the tournaments. my team would call me ' shortie'. [but hey, i've got so many frens shorter dan me! whatever...] in fact, i would say dat my netball coach had a super big negative impact on me. she made me feel like i was truly lousy. n i felt she was bias. but oh well. shan't go into details. its jus my point of view. so, while the 'good' players played. the 'lousy' one stayed.
when i got to secondary school. i still had a passion for netball. but i couldnt stand being victimised. guess the world is lidat. survival of the fittest. if u're lousy at it, u'll b ostracised. kicked out. i didnt wanna subject myself to any more humiliation. even if there wasn't gonna b any, i wouldnt noe. im a risk-averse person yar...
but dat netball streak was still in me. i played for the interclass netball 'tournament'. in sec 3, i was randomly put as GS (goal shooter) [i noe, u muz b tinking, shortie as goal shooter...] i was jus a supporting player, to swap the flies for my GA (goal attacker) . but in the last few seconds, a ball accidentally landed in my hand, n i couldnt throw it anywhere else, so i gave a shot. the ball went right thru the hoop. n my class won dat match. it was a beautiful goal. n my most memorable one too. from then on, my self esteem increased. i played in more games, shot more goals. so, shortie can play netball huh.
in the next yr, another interclass tournament. i chose to take part in the 'shooting' segment. jus shoot 5 netballs at 5 different locations. from directly under the post, to the other end of the width of the court. i shot 4 out of 5, and got 2nd prize! hohoho... so who says dat short ppl cant play/shoot netball?
ok, my point in writing this is not to brag abt the above. nothing to brag oso. im still lousy at sports. i was just lucky, plus i put in lotsa lotsa effort in training n all. really. that was to motivate some of u out there who tink u're inferior to others. there will b a day dat u will shine. jus work towards it.
now, my whole point is this: if someone is very good at a certain sport, while the others in the team are jus mediocre, should the team b centred on jus him? or shd they play as tho everyone is just as good? the politically correct answer is the latter rite? but if sucha situation happened to u in real life, wat would ur decision be? most probably, the former. where everyone else plays the supporting role, and jus aid the expert. even if u got an opportunity to score a goal, dun score. pass the ball to the expert. cos the probability of u scoring would be lower than that of the expert scoring, so why waste dat shot. RIGHT?
i've jus witnessed one such incident. and guess wat! the one-man show LOST to the team show! YIPPEE! i was darn happy. neh-neh-ni-boo-boo. oh, i jus wish dat 'expert' can jus read this. so much for being so great. well, he probably means well n wants his team to win. so the strategy was to get his players to pass the ball to him n he will do the scoring. is winning so important? more important dan playing as a team? im 100% sure dat if he allowed his team players to shine, they would definitely outshine him lor. im not a sports person. but i believe sometimes in a game, opportunities play a major role in the outcome. so wat if u hav skill, but u're blocked by the opponents? unless u can do a huang fei hong n use qing gong to fly up and away from ur opponents, u're more or less stuck.
oh well, his team mates arent even complaining, so why am i so agitated? dats cos i cant stand such ppl. i hate it when things arent fair. i dislike it when the better ones think they're better. who gave them the right to discriminate like that? its bcos of them, dat made the mediocre ones feel lousy. ppl like me. detrimental impact u noe. ok dis is my rubbish theory. im jus envious. jealous. can?
n if u happen to noe dat person, pls send this link to him. the world is round. no one can shine forever. give others a chance man. n give yourself a break.
im not a sports person. not dat i dun like sports. its jus dat, i suck at it. and the vicious cycles continues. maybe its not dat i suck at sports. its just dat there are so many better players out there, such that i feel inferior, and start to close myself out. but am i really dat lousy? maybe, maybe not. maybe wat i lack is that opportunity? that opportunity to shine.
i may look nua. the kinda princess who will crumble when u give her a gentle shove. but im far from it. ok, i hav no stamina. but dats cos im lazy to work out. who determines how good you are at something? yourself? your peers? your teachers/parents?
is tiger woods born a golf champion? NO.
is david beckham born a soccer captain? NO.
am i born a sports failure? NO!
i suppose all kids start off more or less equal. in primary school, i joined netball. [dun look so suprised leh... i wasnt smashed by the ball ok. im not dat lousy.] i put in hours of training together with the rest. in the end, due to my height, rather, the lack of it, i was made reserve of the team. n neva got a single chance to play at the tournaments. my team would call me ' shortie'. [but hey, i've got so many frens shorter dan me! whatever...] in fact, i would say dat my netball coach had a super big negative impact on me. she made me feel like i was truly lousy. n i felt she was bias. but oh well. shan't go into details. its jus my point of view. so, while the 'good' players played. the 'lousy' one stayed.
when i got to secondary school. i still had a passion for netball. but i couldnt stand being victimised. guess the world is lidat. survival of the fittest. if u're lousy at it, u'll b ostracised. kicked out. i didnt wanna subject myself to any more humiliation. even if there wasn't gonna b any, i wouldnt noe. im a risk-averse person yar...
but dat netball streak was still in me. i played for the interclass netball 'tournament'. in sec 3, i was randomly put as GS (goal shooter) [i noe, u muz b tinking, shortie as goal shooter...] i was jus a supporting player, to swap the flies for my GA (goal attacker) . but in the last few seconds, a ball accidentally landed in my hand, n i couldnt throw it anywhere else, so i gave a shot. the ball went right thru the hoop. n my class won dat match. it was a beautiful goal. n my most memorable one too. from then on, my self esteem increased. i played in more games, shot more goals. so, shortie can play netball huh.
in the next yr, another interclass tournament. i chose to take part in the 'shooting' segment. jus shoot 5 netballs at 5 different locations. from directly under the post, to the other end of the width of the court. i shot 4 out of 5, and got 2nd prize! hohoho... so who says dat short ppl cant play/shoot netball?
ok, my point in writing this is not to brag abt the above. nothing to brag oso. im still lousy at sports. i was just lucky, plus i put in lotsa lotsa effort in training n all. really. that was to motivate some of u out there who tink u're inferior to others. there will b a day dat u will shine. jus work towards it.
now, my whole point is this: if someone is very good at a certain sport, while the others in the team are jus mediocre, should the team b centred on jus him? or shd they play as tho everyone is just as good? the politically correct answer is the latter rite? but if sucha situation happened to u in real life, wat would ur decision be? most probably, the former. where everyone else plays the supporting role, and jus aid the expert. even if u got an opportunity to score a goal, dun score. pass the ball to the expert. cos the probability of u scoring would be lower than that of the expert scoring, so why waste dat shot. RIGHT?
i've jus witnessed one such incident. and guess wat! the one-man show LOST to the team show! YIPPEE! i was darn happy. neh-neh-ni-boo-boo. oh, i jus wish dat 'expert' can jus read this. so much for being so great. well, he probably means well n wants his team to win. so the strategy was to get his players to pass the ball to him n he will do the scoring. is winning so important? more important dan playing as a team? im 100% sure dat if he allowed his team players to shine, they would definitely outshine him lor. im not a sports person. but i believe sometimes in a game, opportunities play a major role in the outcome. so wat if u hav skill, but u're blocked by the opponents? unless u can do a huang fei hong n use qing gong to fly up and away from ur opponents, u're more or less stuck.
oh well, his team mates arent even complaining, so why am i so agitated? dats cos i cant stand such ppl. i hate it when things arent fair. i dislike it when the better ones think they're better. who gave them the right to discriminate like that? its bcos of them, dat made the mediocre ones feel lousy. ppl like me. detrimental impact u noe. ok dis is my rubbish theory. im jus envious. jealous. can?
n if u happen to noe dat person, pls send this link to him. the world is round. no one can shine forever. give others a chance man. n give yourself a break.
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