Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Ahh fuck i need to get back my confidence in carrying the ball forward, dribbling past players when im playing defense. It just takes so much away from my game not having the confidence to do it because i see aran and fabian, two of the better players now, they have the confidence to bring the ball forward and get past people and their game is that much more impressive. I can dribble better than either of them but i lack the confidence to -snap- do it!
The exhilaration and heightened joy in playing to your potential!
GOOD things though, i used my head to head the ball away everytime i could! That's good because heading was one big weakness for me. My header's aren't very powerful now, but at least i dare get my head onto the ball so that's good.
I can feel my defending getting better and better. I kind of intercepted and cut out quite a number of passes today, no one got past me except once this jc did when i lost my focus, managed to disrupt and delay a lot of attacks too.
It was near 6, the weather was near-thunderstorm like. i got the ball on the right flank, jun zhe was in front of me. i did a stepover-followedby-reverse stepover to the right, then a sudden surge of confidence burst in me. I pushed the ball towards the left with my right, sensed two of the other defenders closing in on my left and junzhe on the right, quickly knocked it forward with my left foot and was 1 on 1 with the keeper.
That moment was wonderful, pure bliss and joy pouring through my body in that few seconds. And it seemed so simple, like i've been doing it for so many years already. It all seemed so natural and flowing. Now if only i can recapture that feeling of confidence, i'd be a much better player.
silverletal [Simple and Clean] 6:35 AM