There are several pros and cons to structure and free flow (samba). I think the most powerful strategy is to have a structure with room for innovation. Ultimate is really a game where you should not take risk. The higher your chances of completing a pass to your team mates, the higher your chances of winning the game. With a structure in your offence or defence, the players will be able to time their cuts and move to the correct position. However, sometimes, the defence will also be confused or the defence come up with a more unconventional strategy. This is where the offensive team needs to innovate and get out of the defence. If they continue to follow their structure, the offence will collapse. The best example is to insist on executing the vertical stack against the zone defence. I would acknowledge that if a team changes from vertical to zone offence, this is innovation!
I still remember playing the Japanese team in Perth. They are very structured and discipline (very very important in a structure). You know that where the next cuts are, but you cannot stop them as there are many options to that cuts and of course, the handlers know where the options are. They time their cuts so perfectly that they can get the flow once the dead disc leaves the hands of the handler. They just keep running and clearing. By the time they reach the middle of the field, the defenders will be panting and catching their breath. This is the time when they put the dagger into their opponents and score!
Too fast too furious. NO. Too fast too accurate. Too discipline too systematic. Looks like I need to take out the Toyota Way and the Toyota Culture to learn about the Japanese culture man...
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
I swear by these 36 strategies! Read it!
Ultimate frisbee strategies? Business strategies? The best strategies come from the ancient Chinese warfare. These strategies are not to be confused with Sun Zi's War Strategies. Learn about about Zhuge Liang.
Unspirited, no SOTG? It is how to use these stragetgies and how you react. If the opponents react, it gets into their head and create confusion. It creates hatred. It creates tension. A wise man who is not calm cannot think clearly. A tired player who cannot think clearly let the situation gets into their head and affect their game. It affected team morale. Yes, everyone wants to be spirited, but how many spirited players are there in the scene. Who dares to read the fine lines of the rules and get an advantage in the game. Knowing the rules is important, it's to protect yourself. Understanding the rule is crucial, it's to create an advantage for your team and take advantage of players who do not know the rules.
In my view, results are not important, it is the process. I call this game sense... Creativity at the maximum. We cannot study,memorise and just follow the rules. Most of the time... not all the time.
Please read the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Strategies
I understand there are players who are advocates for the SOTG. I am not against SOTG. In fact as an educator, I need to embrace it. However, I am challenging you to look at the situation differently and protect yourself. Off the field strategies are important too. It is the perception of the others that determine the outcome. Does that mean that if a player is unspirited once and he will not be able to get the SOTG award. ** Does that mean that if the player constantly receives the SOTG award, he is considered spirited? *<>* It's all in the perception, the mental model and mindset of the people.
Which means not matter how spirited I am in the field, I am viewed as a hypocrite and acting. It's true, it's damm true. It also means that if I am seen talking to players from another team, I am poaching them. It's true and it's damm very true. It's also about perception!
Morale of the story.
NIL. N.A.
Unspirited, no SOTG? It is how to use these stragetgies and how you react. If the opponents react, it gets into their head and create confusion. It creates hatred. It creates tension. A wise man who is not calm cannot think clearly. A tired player who cannot think clearly let the situation gets into their head and affect their game. It affected team morale. Yes, everyone wants to be spirited, but how many spirited players are there in the scene. Who dares to read the fine lines of the rules and get an advantage in the game. Knowing the rules is important, it's to protect yourself. Understanding the rule is crucial, it's to create an advantage for your team and take advantage of players who do not know the rules.
In my view, results are not important, it is the process. I call this game sense... Creativity at the maximum. We cannot study,memorise and just follow the rules. Most of the time... not all the time.
Please read the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Strategies
I understand there are players who are advocates for the SOTG. I am not against SOTG. In fact as an educator, I need to embrace it. However, I am challenging you to look at the situation differently and protect yourself. Off the field strategies are important too. It is the perception of the others that determine the outcome. Does that mean that if a player is unspirited once and he will not be able to get the SOTG award. *
Which means not matter how spirited I am in the field, I am viewed as a hypocrite and acting. It's true, it's damm true. It also means that if I am seen talking to players from another team, I am poaching them. It's true and it's damm very true. It's also about perception!
Morale of the story.
NIL. N.A.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Great Story to show why we must work harder than our opponents or competitors
Adopted from The World is Flat.
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will be starved to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running."
The untouchables fall into three broad categories. First are the one who are really specialized or special – incredible talent like Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods. Second, the people who are “localized” or “anchored”, these are your regular groceries store owners, local barber, taxi drivers, jobs that require a local presence and a personalized touch. Third, the “new middle class”, the former assembly line automation worker, data entry, analyst etc…
The following portion is perhaps what teachers should note and try to nurture their students into
The New Middles would need the following skills to survive and excel –
Great Collaborators and Orchestrators
The people who can connect and link people and cultures together regardless of their own background, and have a healthy respect for differences – someone who is a good horizontal collaborator, comfortable working in a global company and translating the product and service for the local market regardless where it is
The Great Synthesizers
This are the individuals who can understand multiple disciplines and platforms and be able to create new innovation and products – simple example, a fusion chef who can combine western and eastern cooking styles
The Great Explainers
These are good managers, writers, teachers, producers, journalists and editors who can see the increased complexity around the world and yet be able to explain it with simplicity
The Great Leveragers
The ones who can spot trends before the rest, grasp opportunities and use what is existing to create a new order of things, e.g. outsourcing in India, same process, different location
The Great Adapters
Individuals who are not restrain by “older” thoughts, always ready to change according to the demands of work and the environment, e.g. a marketing person who started 30 years ago first learning about advertising in newspapers and radios, then television, then now the internet
The Green People
Individuals who are able to optimise opportunities in research and production of sustainable and renewable energies.
The Passionate Personalizers
These are people who are always willing to go that extra mile to give different and excellent service, the personal touch is something that cannot be outsourced mechanically.
The Great Localizers
The ones who can adopt, adapt to new technologies and bring them to their own home country and localize it .
Everyone must learn how to learn. Do you know how to learn? Can you learn the skills or throws yourself without someone to guide you?
You need the passion and curiosity to excel.
Play well with others and be a team player.
Lte's see mroe craetviity ...
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will be starved to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running."
The untouchables fall into three broad categories. First are the one who are really specialized or special – incredible talent like Michael Jackson or Tiger Woods. Second, the people who are “localized” or “anchored”, these are your regular groceries store owners, local barber, taxi drivers, jobs that require a local presence and a personalized touch. Third, the “new middle class”, the former assembly line automation worker, data entry, analyst etc…
The following portion is perhaps what teachers should note and try to nurture their students into
The New Middles would need the following skills to survive and excel –
Great Collaborators and Orchestrators
The people who can connect and link people and cultures together regardless of their own background, and have a healthy respect for differences – someone who is a good horizontal collaborator, comfortable working in a global company and translating the product and service for the local market regardless where it is
The Great Synthesizers
This are the individuals who can understand multiple disciplines and platforms and be able to create new innovation and products – simple example, a fusion chef who can combine western and eastern cooking styles
The Great Explainers
These are good managers, writers, teachers, producers, journalists and editors who can see the increased complexity around the world and yet be able to explain it with simplicity
The Great Leveragers
The ones who can spot trends before the rest, grasp opportunities and use what is existing to create a new order of things, e.g. outsourcing in India, same process, different location
The Great Adapters
Individuals who are not restrain by “older” thoughts, always ready to change according to the demands of work and the environment, e.g. a marketing person who started 30 years ago first learning about advertising in newspapers and radios, then television, then now the internet
The Green People
Individuals who are able to optimise opportunities in research and production of sustainable and renewable energies.
The Passionate Personalizers
These are people who are always willing to go that extra mile to give different and excellent service, the personal touch is something that cannot be outsourced mechanically.
The Great Localizers
The ones who can adopt, adapt to new technologies and bring them to their own home country and localize it .
Everyone must learn how to learn. Do you know how to learn? Can you learn the skills or throws yourself without someone to guide you?
You need the passion and curiosity to excel.
Play well with others and be a team player.
Lte's see mroe craetviity ...
Monday, July 14, 2008
A Short Story about me
Something for you to know about me.
http://www.schoolbag.sg/archives/2008/07/from_flab_to_fit_and_it_takes.php
http://www.schoolbag.sg/archives/2008/07/from_flab_to_fit_and_it_takes.php
Chess and Boxing!
This is what I call innovation. Random connections!
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html
Mandela at 90 and his secrets of his leadership
This is an interesting article. If you want to improve your leadership qualities.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821467,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1821467,00.html
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Common traits of the best athletes who gets better and betters
There are common traits of an athletes which make them successful and this can be also be applied to your business or personal life.
The common trait among elite athletes is mental toughness. Eveything starts from the head. This aspect is crucial to the athlete's sucess especially when everyone is of the same standard. Mental toughness is also important when the pressure mounts during crunch time, especially universal point or rubber set. How many times did you see elite athletes living up to the occasion and performing at their best, while others simply 'give up' when they are down?
Elite athletes eat, breathe and strive under intense pressure. They manage their pressure to ensure that they perform at their optimum. They track their goals, never lose sight of them even when the going gets tough. They drives ahead of their competitions to ensure that they stay at the top.
The best of the best develop inner focus. They are self-directed, concentrate on their own performance and excellence. For some athletes, even personal tragedy do not affect them. They are the expert to compartmentalisation.
Elites rebound from defeats. They do not engage in self-flagellation.
Most olympic athletes, focus on the long term goals and careful planning for the short term.
They reinvent themselves after they become the benchmark and never allow any competitors to overtake them.
Lastly, they celebrate wins! This is not only an emotional reward. These athletes analyse their success factors, focus in their expertise and develop their soaring self-confidence.
Summarise from Havard Business Review, Graham Jones, How the best of the best get better and better.
The common trait among elite athletes is mental toughness. Eveything starts from the head. This aspect is crucial to the athlete's sucess especially when everyone is of the same standard. Mental toughness is also important when the pressure mounts during crunch time, especially universal point or rubber set. How many times did you see elite athletes living up to the occasion and performing at their best, while others simply 'give up' when they are down?
Elite athletes eat, breathe and strive under intense pressure. They manage their pressure to ensure that they perform at their optimum. They track their goals, never lose sight of them even when the going gets tough. They drives ahead of their competitions to ensure that they stay at the top.
The best of the best develop inner focus. They are self-directed, concentrate on their own performance and excellence. For some athletes, even personal tragedy do not affect them. They are the expert to compartmentalisation.
Elites rebound from defeats. They do not engage in self-flagellation.
Most olympic athletes, focus on the long term goals and careful planning for the short term.
They reinvent themselves after they become the benchmark and never allow any competitors to overtake them.
Lastly, they celebrate wins! This is not only an emotional reward. These athletes analyse their success factors, focus in their expertise and develop their soaring self-confidence.
Summarise from Havard Business Review, Graham Jones, How the best of the best get better and better.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Proudest Moment of my Life
I would like to share my happiness and pride with all my friends who know me.
http://938live.sg/portal/site/938Live/menuitem.43735da1634c4377d21b2910618000a0/?vgnextoid=ba6a967a9220b110VgnVCM1000001f0aa8c0RCRD&vgnextchannel=18d2638896593110VgnVCM100000e101000aRCRD&mcParam=18d2638896593110VgnVCM100000e101000aRCRD
This award will continue to motivate me and do my best for the pupils and the education service. I wish that the publicity can inspire more PE teachers to join Shiok.
I delicate this award to my parents, my wife and all my friends who mould and shape me for the person I am today.
http://938live.sg/portal/site/938Live/menuitem.43735da1634c4377d21b2910618000a0/?vgnextoid=ba6a967a9220b110VgnVCM1000001f0aa8c0RCRD&vgnextchannel=18d2638896593110VgnVCM100000e101000aRCRD&mcParam=18d2638896593110VgnVCM100000e101000aRCRD
This award will continue to motivate me and do my best for the pupils and the education service. I wish that the publicity can inspire more PE teachers to join Shiok.
I delicate this award to my parents, my wife and all my friends who mould and shape me for the person I am today.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Communication to anyone on and off the fields
Communication is very important whether it is on the field, off the field or work place.
Good communication follows the ABC rule.
Accurate - Check your facts, include all relevant information, proofread, do not assume and be timely
Brief - Keep sentences short, use simple expressions and non-technical language. Who cares what is ATP-PC when they are sprinting up the slope right?
Clear - Use plain simple English or Hokkien. Write in an easy or natural style. Handwriting must be neat, if not, use a PC.
Always be courteous and considerate when communicating. Power does not come from your position, it comes from the respect you receive. Shouting or screaming is not encourage, but if you are addressing yourself, go ahead.
Courtesy also means replying promptly. Late replies are a no no... Remember to give your attendance...
Good communication follows the ABC rule.
Accurate - Check your facts, include all relevant information, proofread, do not assume and be timely
Brief - Keep sentences short, use simple expressions and non-technical language. Who cares what is ATP-PC when they are sprinting up the slope right?
Clear - Use plain simple English or Hokkien. Write in an easy or natural style. Handwriting must be neat, if not, use a PC.
Always be courteous and considerate when communicating. Power does not come from your position, it comes from the respect you receive. Shouting or screaming is not encourage, but if you are addressing yourself, go ahead.
Courtesy also means replying promptly. Late replies are a no no... Remember to give your attendance...
Friday, July 4, 2008
Mental Strength is stronger than the Physical Strength
Who is good at playing mind games? The EPL managers? The players? Politicians?
The trash talking is really useful sometimes to get the point across. Some teams claim that they are the underdogs. Some teams praise the opponents before the game. Others simply talk about other things totally not related to the game. We use to do that in Singapore, especially the old Ultimate Website where players from other teams will gather and thrash talk before Singapore Open. Of course, all of them come to Singapore looking forward to beat a TEAM. Nowadays, this does not happen anymore. Maybe the website is not frequently visited by the players. Maybe there isn't a team for them to beat now. Maybe Ultimate is maturing in Asia.
It is very difficult to not get emotional during the game. Human are afterall emotional creatures. When the team is losing, what is the natural thing to do. Keep quiet. When the team is up, the team or supporters cheer louder. Does that happen in the EPL? Can we create a culture that the team cheers whatever the situation or circumstance? Can we train this? How?
How do we train a team and every individual players to play 100% at every point? Asians are so used to the mentality that we should always conserve in case anything happen. In case of this, in case of that. Come on. There is no in case, it is the present which is now...
The trash talking is really useful sometimes to get the point across. Some teams claim that they are the underdogs. Some teams praise the opponents before the game. Others simply talk about other things totally not related to the game. We use to do that in Singapore, especially the old Ultimate Website where players from other teams will gather and thrash talk before Singapore Open. Of course, all of them come to Singapore looking forward to beat a TEAM. Nowadays, this does not happen anymore. Maybe the website is not frequently visited by the players. Maybe there isn't a team for them to beat now. Maybe Ultimate is maturing in Asia.
It is very difficult to not get emotional during the game. Human are afterall emotional creatures. When the team is losing, what is the natural thing to do. Keep quiet. When the team is up, the team or supporters cheer louder. Does that happen in the EPL? Can we create a culture that the team cheers whatever the situation or circumstance? Can we train this? How?
How do we train a team and every individual players to play 100% at every point? Asians are so used to the mentality that we should always conserve in case anything happen. In case of this, in case of that. Come on. There is no in case, it is the present which is now...
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