exercise and more exercise

I did 150 sit ups today. The reason why I did that with the kids today was because the PE storeroom's lock was changed and we did not get the new set of keys, and so there weren't any PE equipment. I resorted to doing mat work with the kids. I was contemplating some stretching exercises but decided that the kids might want to work out their muscles more than stretch them in the short 20 minutes lesson they had. They are so going to have their abdominal muscles ache because I taught them this new posture they had to hold for their abs too, in additional to their 2 sets of 30.

I need to be careful though because of my back injury. Whenever I strengthen my abdominal muscles excessively without taking care of my back muscles, something is bound to happen. I will always remember the 9 days bedridden experience and a few more 2 days bedridden experiences.

Speaking about white stuff, I need to get a white grip to make my tennis racket prettier.

My coach was right when he said that I can't keep practising with him, that I got to practise with others because it is through play that I learn more than just skills. I realised that over time, I am getting better at reading the placement of the ball, and that helps me to return more successfully. With my coach, I was happy paying him 40 dollars an hour just to feed me baskets of balls for me to practise my forehand and backhand strokes. It's a good workout, and I am used to isolating skills to practise before going for the real game.

I figured that it is due to my years of training for netball. I remembered I had to practise shooting twice a day, and get at least 95 out of 100 shots into the goal. I remembered also isolating basketball skills like passes, shots, dribbling before playing the whole game. In the recent years, times have changed. We were taught this concept of PLAY practice. Where the kids get exposed to the game through a modification of the game and then we teach them the skills. So this is what I do @ work.

I guess what is most important to me when I teach my kids (when I am in the right mood), is that they learn something new for PE and that they perspire. For English, I know that they understand and can apply what they have learnt. All these gives me the satisfaction when I teach.

I miss playing badminton!!
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