Great Volleys

Great volley shots!

Volleys

Execution of volleys is technically difficult but a spectacular skill which requires balance, concentration, timing and athleticism. Volleying is used for shooting as much as passing because it can produce great power and variable accuracy.

Sideway volley is the more useful and the most common volley during the soccer games and it can provide the greatest accuracy out of all the volleys. Often during my league soccer games. the volleys are executed too hard (over concentration on power) or they are simply hopeful tries. Volley relies alot about instinct and a striker will know when or not to execute.

Sideway volley is played with the body side-on and the kicking leg extended horizontally (or within a few degrees) depending on the height of the ball. Get into position early and swivel on the non-kicking foot. The body leans back, both arms are flung out and the kicking foot comes up in an arc to meet the ball.

To keep the ball down, keep ur head facing down. To lift the ball. raise your head at the moment of impact and lean back more.

Darnest things

Footballers say the Darnest things!

Haha here are some of the funny talkings from the famous footballers and coaches! Enjoy!

Beckham

-He was the silverstone early this month to catch the British Grand Prix when he was asked by a television presenter. "Is this your first time here for an F1 race?

He replied: "This is the first time i have been able to make it in person."

- "Alex ferguson is the best manager i've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager i've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager i've ever had"

-"We're definitely going to get Brooklyn (Beckham's son) christened, but we don't know into which religion"

-"Well, i can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side."

When asked if he thought that he was a "volatile" player.

Terry Venables

"If history is going to repeat itself, i should think we can expect the same thing again"
- Terry Venables illustrates tha art of stating the obvious.

Mark Viduka (Newcastle United)

"I would not be borthered if we lost every game as long as we won the league"
- Tell us how, Mark Viduka

Bobby Robson

"Home advantage gives you an advantage"

-Bobby Robson's logic

Laurie McMenemy

"When you are 4-0 up, you should never lose 7-1"

Steve Lomas (Northen Ireland)

" Germany are a very difficult team to play - they had 11 internationals out there today"
- Steven Lomas explains why Germany outplayed them.

Ian Rush

" I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country"
-Ian Rush on why he failed at Juventus

Mark Draper

"I'll like to play for an Italian team like Barcelona"
-Show him the map!

Wayne Bridge

"The most important thing was we got the three points"

- Wayne Bridge on Chelsea's Carling Cup final win over Arsenal.

Paul Gascoigne
"I had 14 bookings this season - 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable"

- Paul Gascoigne shows he's no maths genius.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows gossip!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows gossip!

These are spoilers so please, don't read on if you don't want to be spoiled heh.
Here are some random facts about the 7th book that I managed to put together:



- Mr Arthur Weasley was supposed to be killed off, supposedly in the 5th book. But I supposed Rowling couldn't bear to break up the Weasley family. Instead, two other characters got killed off instead - Remus Lupin and his newlywed wife, Tonks.



- Many people are probably complaining about the horrible epilogue whereby the fate of many loved characters were not revealed. This was actually intended by Rowling cos she wanted readers to "feel as if they were looking at Platform 9¾ through the mist, unable to make out exactly who was there and who was not"... oookay, if you're not satisfied with this explanation, at least she revealed the trio's jobs as adults. > Harry and Ron are working as Aurors, with Harry being the department head. > Meanwhile, Hermione, Ron's wife, works in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. > According to Rowling, the trio revolutionised the Ministry.


- Meanwhile, Luna Lovegood is possibly touring around the world, looking for weird and mad magical creatures


- Hogwarts now has a new headmaster and a permanent (unjinxed) Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher


- Rowling never did plan to kill Hagrid



That's all for now! I'm sure more will be revealed when Rowling comes up with the Harry Potter encyclopedia where there will be indepth details about the other characters and the aftermath of the War.

Singapore National Day Preview 2007

NDP PREVIEW PICS!

This year's National Day Parade (NDP) will be held at a new venue - the floating platform at Marina Bay, which is possibly the world's largest floating performance stage and it will transform the new downtown into a bay of celebrations where more people will be able to watch the parade from various vantage points along the waterfront around Marina Bay. There is standing space for about 150 000 people , in addition to the 27 0000 spectators at the seating gallery, to soak in the celebratory atmosphere and mood!!

Here are some NDP Preview Pics:

History of football

(Caju)

The first game known to have required players to kick a ball with their feet was cuju, played in China in the the 2nd century BC. It involved kicking a leather ball through a hole in a piece of silk cloth strung between two 30 foot (10 meter) poles. Related games were later popular in other Asian counties.

(Caju)

(Australia Mob Rugby Game)

(Richard Lindon is believed to have invented the first footballs with rubber bladders)

(Kemari being played at the Tanzan Shrine, Sakurai, Japan)

Tevez

Tevez

This unsolved transfer saga has been dragging for months now with little breakthroughs. West Ham owns Tevez's playing registration but his agent Kia Joorabchian says he retains the striker's economic rights and he should be rightfully entitled with the transfer funds. Whether how much money will be shared between West Ham United and Kia Joorabchian will not be a major concern as Manchester United fans are anxiously waiting for the arrival of the fiery striker to their already much boostered squad. More nightmare for other Epl Clubs!

(Kia Joorabchian)

David Beckham blog

David Beckham 's Website

David Beckham has just launched his own web site.The soccer star says that he is really surprised that it has taken him so long to get his own website.

On his site David writes: “Hi everybody Thanks for joining me on davidbeckham.com - it does seem incredible that in all my time playing professional football, I haven’t had my own website. So here it is at last.

It also gives me the perfect opportunity to say goodbye to all my friends in Spain. After four years in Madrid, I’d just like to say thank you to the people there and Real Madrid fans for being absolutely incredible, not only to me, but to my family as well. I was so happy to be able to leave having given the fans something to celebrate by helping to win La Liga. I am now moving on to an exciting new challenge at the LA Galaxy.

English Premier League Top Ten Earners

English Premier League Top Ten Earners

Chelsea have agreed a new £6.8 million-a-year deal with their captain John Terry means that the central defender is set to become the highest-paid player in English football!




Terry's wages will be £131,000-per-week uner the terms of his new five-year contract.


Premier League's top ten earners prior to Terry's new deal:

1= Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Ballack (both Chelsea) £121,000 a week



3 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £120,000



4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) £119,000



5= Wayne Rooney (Man Utd), Michael Owen (Newcastle) £110,000



7= Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd) £100,000



9= Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Didier Drogba (Chelsea) £90,000.

Michael Carrick

Michael Carrick: Justification

In all the excitement generated by Sir Alex’s excellent summer, is under threat midfielder Michael Carrick justified in asking : “What have I done to deserve this?”Carrick is facing up to losing his place at the heart of the United team, when the England midfielder’s first year reviews might have earned him the right to be considered an automatic start

The self-effacing England midfielder was a regular in his debut season at United, missing only five Premier League games as United stormed to the Premiership title, a Wembley FA Cup final and a Champions League semi-final.
Not bad for a first year, the 25 year old might have believed. Not good enough for his astonishingly restless manager!

With the season barely over, Sir Alex completed deals to bring in England defensive midfielder Owen Hargreaves and the Brazilian Anderson, tipped to be a world star within two years.

The signings encouraged talk of a new era of United dominance, with the last campaign’s achievements reduced to sepia-coloured souvenirs.
Carrick has disappeared in the tumult surrounding the club’s unprecedented boldness in the transfer market. His contribution to United’s triumphs was trampled underfoot by the media stampede to hail Owen Hargreaves and Anderson as the new face of Sir Alex’s midfield. Headline writers and sports hacks lavished praise on the new recruits and the manager. Barely a word was written in support of Carrick, or in defence of his role as a skilled midfield schemer. Such a prospect would be unthinkable at most other clubs. United however, are unlike most other clubs! Has an £18 million signing ever been forgotten so quickly?

Carrick, for all his skills, is still burdened by the charge that he rarely hurts the opposition. He brings fluidity, cohesion and purpose to United’s play but is vulnerable to the more obvious qualities of his midfield rivals. He is not as dynamic as Hargreaves and hasn’t the range and goal threat of Scholes.

Reds training in Switerland!

Reds in Switerland!

Rafael Benitez and his first team squad are warming up for the new season at a training camp in Switzerland this week. Rafa will be using this camp to gel his players up for the upcoming Asian trophy tournament and the English Premier league in Aug.

Here are some pictures of the training scenese in Switerland. Watch out for Fernando Torres =)