Friday, 26 December 2008

Lunchtime Sports

I have, for the past three years, got into doing exercise at lunchtime on my workdays. As I had tense energy I felt the need to exert excess energy built up, as well as a healthy dose of fresh air. I started just kicking the ball aiming for the goal, made of old railway sleepers. This proved to be good as rebounding kept the game going. I used to do this for up to 15 mins, but since the slash in lunchtime, 1 hour to 30mins, I almost sacrifice lunch just for the exercise.


I progressed my skills to a point where I became Master. I was a Master of unorthodox moves which, when done well, created spectacularly challenging tricks. I could never practice the same skill so I allowed myself to flow between tricks. Getting better by the year, I soon did some risky manovers and kept finding new moves everytime. I had an uncanny memory of every single move. I could put names to them.


My favourite was flicking up with the side of the shoe. Another would be a flying kick just timed to hit when the ball was falling. I've still yet to video myself doing these tricks, because I'm sure these are unique to myself. Any other trick is too boring for me.


I think most football tricksters can 'stomp' the ball from great heights. But I prefer to hold foot off ground and control for a combo into something else.


Pulling of a combo is all about flowing tricks into one moment. The best I've got is 2 or 3 and that's with good tricks. I could do easier tricks and make the combo last, this is less fun and challenging. It's only really a bonus to string tricks together. As they are diverse, they are almost incompatible.

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