MANCHESTER UNITED PREMIER CUP 2011

Our Team K15 won the Fairplay Award at the recent MUPC 2011. Although we started off strongly in the group stages, we lost in the quarter-final against SMK Gedong. It was a heart-breaking loss to all our coaches because we did not play to our potential like we did in the preliminary rounds where we beat SMK Batu Lintang and Saberkas Kudei by 3-0 margins and in Round 2 where we defeated SMK Lake (from Bau) by penalty kicks.

All of us were, and still are, dumbfounded as to what went wrong (look at the coaches' faces in the photo!!) . To be honest, we were all so confident that we would reach final. Players were not playing to instructions, players were ball-watching, players were not communicating, players were not confident on the ball, there were no crosses into the box, there were no shots on goal, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.. It was a game we lost and not a game that SMK Gedong won. We handed it to them on a silver platter.

What good is it if we were only primed to win Fairplay awards, right??

LIGA BOLASEPAK SAMARAHAN 2011

Our Team K2015 secured their first point of the tournament by holding Khatulistiwa FC 3-3 in last week's fixture. Although still rooted at the bottom of the table, gaining this 1 point is a big step towards achieving our Project 2015 objective. Never ever forget that the average age of our players is 15 years of age!!

Next match will be against Johan FC this Saturday (14 May 2011) at Stadium Mini Samarahan.

LIGA BOLASEPAK SAMARAHAN 2011

Our Team K2015 lost to Sokanjaya FC 2-5 last weekend which keep our team rooted at the bottom of the standings. What was disappointing was the fact that 6 of our 1st 11 players did not bother to show up for the match without giving any reason whatsoever. We could have won the match if we had fielded our strongest team. Not an excuse for losing because at the end of the day, our opponents were years ahead of our U15 players in terms of playing experience. Despite that, we led them twice during the match!!

The absence of some players have forced Kickalob to take drastic action against these players by dropping them, not only from the team but kick them out of Kickalob totally. Their action tantamounts to gross indiscipline and they placed self-interests above that of our Academy which is a no-no!!

Next match will be this Saturday against Khatulistiwa (2nd in the standings at the moment) at Stadium Mini Samarahan.

LIGA SAMARAHAN 2011 UPDATE

Our Team K2015 lost 0-2 to KSK Asajaya last weekend. Debuts were given to Faez Sapari, Nurhirman Toni and Desmond and I believe our coaches wished that these 3 players were given their debuts in earlier matches.

It can be seen that our Project K2015 boys (those under-15) have shown improvements in facing adversity during matches. Nevertheless, there is still a need to learn to make quick decisions when on the ball. We must also sharpen our learning curve which means that the coaches cannot be teaching our players the same thing over and over again. Our players cannot spend too much time trying to grasp what is being taught and apply them on the pitch. Time and tide does not wait for anyone and the same applies to our K2015 players.

Next match is against Sokanjaya FC (3rd in the table) at Stadium Mini Serian on Saturday (30 April 2011).

LIGA SAMARAHAN 2011 UPDATE

Our Team K2015's next match will be this Sunday (24 April 2011) at Stadium Mini Samarahan against KSK Asajaya, one of the high-riding teams in the league. After a long rest due to technical problems faced by the organisers, we will be playing our 3rd game of the league with continued confidence. I just hope that our boys have improved their fitness through the current inter-school tournaments held over the past 3 weeks.

CHAMPIONS OF YAYASAN SARAWAK FOOTBALL CLUB ACADEMY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT

Our Team K12 emerged Champions of an invitational tournament organised by Yayasan Sarawak at the launching of Yayasan Sarawak Football Club Academy on 27 March 2011. In the preliminary round, we drew 0-0 with Yayasan Sarawak A, drew 0-0 with SK Madrasah and won 1-0 against SK Bandar Baru Samariang. In the semi-final, we blanked Akademi Sadong Jaya 4-0. In the final, we beat Yayasan Sarawak A 4-3 on penalties.

Although it was reported in a local daily that K12 "bernasib baik" winning the tournament, I beg to differ and say luck had nothing to do with it. It was hard work, focus and determination on our K12 part. And allow me to add that we managed to achieve this feat despite having 2 of our key players "pinched" by another team at the last minute!!

Well done to our players and Coach Rosli and Coach Saiful. This was no easy feat considering it was played at Yayasan Sarawak's ground and there were tons of their supporters at the field!

TERM 01/11 ASSESSMENT RESULTS

TOP GOLDEN KICKIE 01/11
Abdul Rahman Ismawi proudly displaying his medal with Coach Saiful

GOLDEN KICKIE AWARD
Abdul Rahman Ismawi
Awang Asyraaf Afi A Ismail Nazarrudin
Awang Muhammad Faiz Hazziq Awg Fathi
Mohammad Zuhairi Zul Azmi
Wilbert Lowren Murish

SPECIAL MENTION AWARD
Derick Tsai Kien Cheng
Felister Lester Ranum
Muhamad Amir Asmain Ismail
Syazani Zakaris Brahim
Watson Payrie Stephen

BRONZE MENTION AWARD
Affiz Zafri Mustaffa Kamil
Awang Harrith Daniel Awang Zainurin
Iqmal Hafiz Awang Azami
Joseph Richard Wenda
Mohd Azim Mohd Amin

K2015 LOST AGAIN BUT .....................

Our K2015 lost 1-2 against Sadong Jaya last Sunday in Serian.

Despite the loss, there were many positives that came out of the game and I believe we can only get better with the matches to come. Never forget the fact that we are playing in this tournament for exposure; definitely we would like to win (who doesn't, right?!?) but that is secondary. We have a 6-year program for our boys and this is part of the training program. Our coaches are more focused on the performance our U15 players in K2015 than the team in general. We are monitoring the progress of the boys from match-to-match so that mistakes they make are rectified before the next match. This is the only way to effectively learn to play better....they must make mistakes to learn!

K2015 will have the next 2 weeks off. Will keep you updated.

KICKALOB K2015 LOST OUR FIRST MATCH

Our Team Kickalob K2015 lost 1-3 to UNIMAS at Stadium Mini Samarahan last Sunday. It was the 1st match for both teams. Our team put up a gallant performance although it was quite glaring that UNIMAS edged us where experience was concerned. It was a valuable learning experience for our K16 boys and I personally believe that our team will be able to play much better in the matches to come.

Next match is this Sunday at UNIMAS where we will be playing against Sadong Jaya.

LIGA SAMARAHAN 2011

Team Kickalob K2015 will be playing our first match tn Liga Samarahan 2011 this Sunday (20.02.11) at Stadium Mini Samarahan against UNIMAS. Kick-off at 4:15pm.

LIGA SAMARAHAN 2011

As part of our KICKALOB DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE ROADMAP 2015, our U16 squad will be taking part in Liga Samarahan 2011 which is scheduled to start on 12 February 2011. Our team will be strengthened by 7 experienced players while the rest will be made up of our U16 players. This will give our Kickies the necessary exposure and experience as part of their character-building training.

The Team Managers Meeting will be held on 7 February 2011 where the fixtures will be finalised. Will post the fixtures as soon as it is made available.

UPDATE

I am sure it's not too late to wish everyone a very Happy and Prosperous Rabbit New Year.

We will be into our fifth session for this new term come next Saturday. For this term, we have a total of 98 Kickies. There are quite a number of new Kickies but there are also some who have decided to stay away.

Anyway, we have also roped in 2 new coaches - Coach Hassan and Coach Zulkeply. Both of them have state-level playing experience so we are fortunate to be able to rope them into Kickalob.

GOLDEN KICKIE AWARDS FOR TERM 04/10

MOHAMMAD IRFAN FITRI MOHAMMAD IRWAN
OUR TOP KICKIE FOR TERM 04/10

GOLDEN KICKIE AWARD 04/10 RECIPIENTS
(from left) Felister Lester Ranum, Wilbert Lowren Murish, Mohamad Irfan Fitri Mohammad Irwan, Joseph Richardo Wenda, Watson Stephen Payrie


SPECIAL MENTION AWARD
Awang Muhammad Faiz Awang Fathi
Faiz Nurhan Jeman
Iqmal Hafiz Awg Azami
Nurhirman Toni
Muhammad Hazeem Syazwan Daud

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW SEASON

Our academy starts its new season this Saturday and I can't wait to see our Kickies again. There have been many enquiries about Kickalob but we'll just have to wait and see on Saturday how many new Kickies we are going to welcome into Kickalob.

Tomorrow night, we coaches will be having our meeting to decide on the plans we are lining up for 2011. I am hoping to see a few new faces on our coaching panel since the number that we have now is insufficient to effectively carry out our coaching duties. As for our 2011 plans, you will just have to wait till after the meeting tomorrow night.

But one thing that I can tell you is that we will be implementing a RM50 Registration Fee for all old and new Kickies starting this term. This is in line with our registration with Suruhanjaya Sukan Malaysia where our Kickies have to register as members of Kickalob Football Club. However, it must be noted that his Registration Fee will be forfeited if the Kickie skips 2 consecutive terms where his/her membership will automatically cease.

Will keep you updated on further developments.

WELCOME HOME YOU GUYS

After 3 weeks of intense and painstaking training and matches, Tiger Futbol Starz ended last week. Syazani turned out the best among our 3 Kickies (1 ex-Kickie actually but a Kickie is always a Kickie, kan?) when he came out top 5. Unfortunately, only the top 3 will get to go to Liverpool FC. Nothing to be a shame of as this is very good exposure for Syazani, Felister and Haziq because now they know how far behind we are compared to the boys from Semenanjung. Be proud guys!!

Syazani, Haziq and Felister at Kuching International Airport
upon their return from KL on 24 December 2010

SARAWAK FA VS BINTANG BOLA ERA

Pictures taken during this event on 18 December 2010 at Stadium Negeri where we led the players out of the tunnel and then performed a 10-minute drill show. Fun, fun, fun all the way despite the downpour but amazingly, the rain stopped during our show......

... Kai with our Sarawak team captain, Zamri with Coach Edward enviously looking on

... trooping out of the tunnel with our Sarawak players



... with Bintang Bola Era team
(Norman, Shahrom, Yaseen, Iqmal, Navil, Amir, Haziq, Nash, A'an, Alexs, Nurhirman)

... with our Sarawak team
(Pendi, Azman, Watson, Reduwan, Rahman, Faiz, Joseph, Lulu, Teja, Irfan, Benjamin, Kai)


... entering the field for our show


... ready, set ....


... go ... now who says this is easy???



Thank you to COACH EDWARD, COACH ROSLI, COACH JEMI and COACH KAMRI for 1 week of painstaking choreography in the hot sun.

WELL DONE
AND A BIG TERIMA KASIH
TO OUR KICKIES AND OF COURSE, THEIR PARENTS

ALL THE VERY BEST............

A doa selamat was held last night for our Kickies Syazani Zakaris Brahim and Felister Lester Ranum who are headed for the final phase of Tiger Futbol Starz in Kuala Lumpur and also for our U10 favourite coach Coach Edward Hopkins who will be heading to Jakarta to pursue his career. The 3 of them were given the honour of being the first to be handed Kickalob's new Training Jersey during the makan which was also attended by Coach Rosli and Coach Jemi. All the best to them all and may lady luck shine on them!

EXCERPTS FROM DEAR PARENTS (EDITION 10/005)

KICKALOB FOOTBALL ACADEMY

Effective 2011, our football academy shall be known as KICKALOB FOOTBALL CLUB ACADEMY. We are now officially registered with the Sports Commissioner of Malaysia and we are the first football club from Sarawak to be registered with them.

NEW TRAINING KIT

All Kickies will be required to purchase our new Training Kit (training jersey, shorts and socks) effective next term. We have not finalised the cost yet but it will definitely be an increase over the old price of RM50 due to the increased cost of production materials. But we can assure you that the new Training Kit will be more vibrant and dynamic to reflect Kickalob’s philosophy towards achieving our vision.

END OF TERM 04/10

KICKALOB’s Term 04/10 will end tomorrow (28 November 2010) after the assessment for Term 04/10 is conducted for Kickies eligible for Term Assessment. Assessment was scheduled for 04 December 2010 but due to requests from parents who have planned to go on holiday, we have had to cut short our term by 1 session.

Results will be announced when Term 01/11 starts.

TENTATIVE DATES FOR TERM 01/11

KICKALOB will resume sessions in mid-January 2011. The tentative dates are as follows:

15 January 2011 (3:30pm)

16 January 2011 (8:00am)

22 January 2011 (3:30pm)

29 January 2011 (3:30pm)

12 February 2011 (3:30pm)

13 February 2011 (8:00am)

19 February 2011 (3:30pm)

26 February 2011 (3:30pm)

05 March 2011 (3:30pm)

06 March 2011 (8:00am)

12 March 2011 (3:30pm)

Term fees of RM180 shall be due no later than 29 January 2011.

BRING YOUR OWN BALLS

We remind that each Kickie must bring his/her own ball when coming to our training sessions. Those who do not bring their own balls will be forced to sit out our sessions.

Take note that Kickies aged 12 and below will use size 4 balls whereas those 13 and above will use size 5 balls. And these must be FOOTBALL, not futsal, balls please!

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOOD AND GREAT PLAYERS

Many people mistakenly think that the difference between good players and bad players is their ability to do the spectacular such as these:

· Ability to do a bicycle kick

· How many stepovers a player can do before losing the ball

· Being able to pass the ball 60 yards exactly to feet

· Being able to bend the ball around the wall

· Being able to dribble from one 18 to the other against opposition

While these things might be spectacular, the thing that really separates the good from the great is that the great players are able to do the simple things EVERY TIME. It’s not whether you can make a 60-yard pass to feet but rather can you make a 20-yard pass to feet EVERY TIME? Can you receive the simple ball under pressure without turning your attempt at every second touch into the opponents’ first touch? Can you win headers consistently in a way that not only do you beat the opponent to the ball for the header but you play the ball to a teammate or intended target? Can you do the simple things consistently well or just occasionally well?

Looking at Spain’s World Cup Championship team, it’s not the fancy things that they do well (and they certainly are capable of some impressive flicks and quick touches) but rather how many of their players can pass and receive under pressure and be consistent at it.

If you want to be great, stop thinking in terms of having to do the spectacular. Instead, think in terms of being able to do the simple things consistently well. Fundamentals are still what separate good from great. Master the fundamentals UNDER PRESSURE and you are on the right path.

KICKALOB'S BLOG

Visit our blog at http://kickalob.blogspot.com/ or email us your comments at kickalob@gmail.com.

“It's not the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.” Paul Bryant

TIGER FOOTBALL STARZ

We must all be proud that SYAZANI ZAKARIS BRAHIM and FELISTER LESTER RANUM have been selected to be among the few U14 footballers to participate in this year's Tiger Football Starz reality show to be held in KL from 3-21 December. Only 4 were selected from East Malaysia - 1 is from Kota Samarahan while the other was an ex-Kickie who represented Kickalob in the U12 Piala Waja tournament last year.

Congrats guys and good luck!!!!

GOLDEN KICKIE AWARDS FOR TERM 03/10

The top 5 Kickies who were awarded the
GOLDEN KICKIE AWARD TERM 03/10:

Syazani Zakaris Brahim
Shafiezul Iqma Ismail
Muhammad Hazeeq Syazani Daud
Adrian Assan Bell Aggan
Marcel Owen Bell Agan

Special Mention go to our Kickies who placed 6th to 10th - Razin Ahmad Nizar, Abdul Rahman Ismawi, Nurhirman Toni, Muhammad Irsyad Mohamad Toni and Mohammad Zuhairi Zul Azmi.