MB Cup Johor

Last weekend, I went down to Muar with some of my friends. We were there to provide support and assistance to the TF Dynamites team as they were competing in the first non-chinese basketball tournament in Johor. There were only 3 teams -Muar, Kota Tinggi and Johor Bahru (3 districts in Johor). We were there strongly because we are also part of the Return-2-Victory Project Team.

The tournament was not meant for us to compete acually. It was more of an "exposure" game for the team. Well, we didn't expect to win because this is not the "real" team. The "real" team consists of players from Form 2 , 3 and 4 but because Form 3s have to take their PMR examination soon, we had to put them aside.There is a gap between the Form 4s and the Form 2s. Gap in terms of their knowledge and skills.

Interesting... with only less than a month of practise, the Form 2s and Form 4s managed to form quite a good team with good teamwork. The Form 2s have improved tremendously and providing support for the team. Without the Form 2s, the Form 4 would not have lasted 40 minutes through out the game and without the Form 4s, the Form 2s would not have learnt new playing skills. And ...we won!! There was also one quarter of the game when the Form 2s played and they scored quite well!!

There is a lot of more work to be done in the near future. The team's goal - is to win the PTPZ in June next year. It won't be easy, yet it is not impossible. The team just need to focus and to have the right mindset and attitude - mindset and attitude of a CHAMPION team. And to have this - everybody needs to work hard towards it. Everybody - including me who needs to keep motivating myself to motivate the team. Kids are still kids - there are some things we just have to be patience with. Not only them, I need to find new ideas to help them to overcome some of their issues. And that is definitely a challenge for me.