U14 VS CITY UNITED

What was apparent during our 1-3 loss to City United yesterday was the ABSENCE of communication between our players. Giving them the benefit of the doubt since they have only started playing together, our players do need to learn how to talk to one another on the pitch. Communication is vital during a match and can be the difference between winning and losing.

What was apparent was also the collapse of the "christmas tree" formation that Kickalob adopts for all its teams. The players did not seem to understand the functions of each position; again, the benefit of the doubt given that they have only been together for 2 weeks. Knowing one's role when playing is very important as a "malfunctioning" player can and will lead to disaster for the team.

What was apparent was the fact that some players are going to be "burnt out" due to playing too many sports - futsal, football, basketball, cricket, rugby, etc. Not good for children to over-expose themselves to too many sports. They may not feel it now but when they grow older, the effects will show. Furthermore, it is not good for their brain development as the brain will be too tired to even stimulate and develop!!!!!

What was apparent was the recognition that our Kickalob has at the field. Many people were asking me how to enroll their kids but I had to tell them that we were not taking in anymore enrollments until next term. This augurs well for Kickalob's future, doesn't it?


SCHEDULED MATCHES
(kickoff 4:30pm)
30 April 2010
K14 vs Tunku Putra U17 (Kickalob Training Base)
9 May 2010
K60 vs City United (Jubilee Ground)

BITTEN BY THE "EXTRA CLASS" BUG AGAIN

Again, we have to cancel our Saturday session this weekend due to many schools having extra classes. Gosh, during my time, we never even heard of those "extra class" words! Anyway, it seems that there is going to be many of these Saturday classes so we may as well not schedule any more Saturday sessions unless necessary.

By the way, our U14 squad will be paying against Padungan United this Sunday (25 April 2010) at Jubilee Ground. Kickoff scheduled for 4:45pm. This will be a good testfor our brand new team after the addition of a number of players selected from our U14 carnival.

RESULT - K60 VS TELEKOM

Yeah, we won 4-2.

MATCH FOR TEAM KICKALOB 60

Yup, it's high time for our Team Kickalob 60 (comprising of Kickalob's staff, parents and coaches) to play ball. What's the "60" for, you may ask?! Go figure it out!!
This Sunday (18 April) vs Telekom at 4:30pm
Venue - Telekom Multimedia College, Samariang.

THE START OF A NEW TERM

It was very encouraging to see so many trainees turning up on the first day of our Term 02/10 last Sunday. There were quite a number of new Kickies and add that to the few who were talent-scouted from the recent U14 tournament, the total reached 100+ trainees.

At the beginning of the session, we handed out certificates to those Kickies who successfully completed and passed their modules last Term 01/10 - Benjamin Hopkins, Mohd Azrulhisham Kadari, Muhammad Izzul'muqri Othman, Razin Ahmad Nizar, Adrian Assan, Ahmad Afiq Shah, Carlos Colin, Faris Amzar Mohd Azrai, Haiman Karim Hamzah, Iqmal Hafiz Awang Azami, Marcel Owen, Muhammad Hazeem Syazwan Daud, Shawn Ross Leong, Abang Muhammad Aniq Abang Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Hazeeq Syazani Daud and Muhammad Thaqif Irfan. Congratulations to these Kickies!!

I am pleased to see that our U12 and U14 teams have started preparing to take part in a tournament in Kota Kinabalu in early October 2010. With the addition of new Kickies, our teams have a wider pool of players to select from. This will definitely push up the standard a notch as those not up to par will not be selected for the trip to Kota Kinabalu. And I can say that no one will want to miss this tournament as we will be up against teams from Australia, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This was the reward for our U14 team for reaching the semifinals of our U14 tournament. For the U12 team, it was for their never-say-die attitude and for achieving 13th spot and earning 3 points when no one gave them a ghost of a chance.

ROLL OF HONOUR

CHAMPIONS - War's 15 Adiqa Jr
RUNNERS-UP - Sporting Vision FC
3RD PLACE - Kickalob 14
4TH PLACE - Gertaq Akademi Bandar Baru Samariang
TOP GOALSCORER - Mohammad Noor Izwan (War's 15 Adiqa jr)
BEST GOALKEEPER - Awg Asyraaf Awg Ismail Nazaruddin (Yayasan Sarawak)
BEST MIDFIELDER - Mohd Syahrol Asikin Mohd Ali (Gertaq Akademi Bandar Baru Samariang)
BEST DEFENDER - Mohd Noor Izwan (War's 15 Adiqa Jr)
FAIR PLAY - Kickalob 14

Our Kickalob 12 won 13th Place after beating Tunku Putra School 1-0 in the 13th/14th Placing match. What an achievement for a bunch of 12-year-olds playing against much much much bigger opponents. No one gave them a ghost of a chance to win any point or even win a match, and you know what? They managed to garner 3 points in the preliminary round and then beat Tunku Putra School. Need I say we are proud of this baby Kickies????

It was rather unfortunate that our Kickalob 14 lost in the semi-finals to the eventual champions but as the Technical Director, I am not the least disappointed with the result. My personal target was reaching the semi-finals and our Kickalob 14 did just that. We must remember that our team never had the chance to do team training (which is different from academy training) so reaching the semi-finals was an achievement in itself.

Despite the success of our teams, sadly I must express my utter disappointment to those parents and Kickies who did not bother to turn up to give support to our teams. This does not augur well for the Academy as the spirit of camaraderie does not exist in these Kickies and their parents and I will make sure that they do not continue coming to the Academy to ensure that this virus does not spread!!

Last but not least, I WANT TO THANK OUR COACHES AND THOSE PARENTS WHO BRAVE THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE 3 DAYS TO HELP RUN THE TOURNAMENT WHICH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!!