Wednesday, February 11, 2009
A few years back...a lot of us look dark BUT there
are actually some angmohs & chinese in the pic too!
We were playing under conditions of 2 degrees by the way...
Sports Science! Some of you might know that i'm pursuing this basic exercise course at Sports Council. A lot of this past month (January) has gone by, with me being unable to contain my glee at the fact that i am actually studying something i can relate to so well and something that i really enjoy! It has been playing on my mind a lot! Why am i so happy?! Sometimes even like a small kid who's so excited at being given something that he's been eyeing for eons? Sometimes i just rattle incessantly about it to some of you peeps?
Ever since i started training and playing at an international level few years back (i'm not anymore), i learnt that professional competitive sport was more than just running around and doing your stuff. Lots of factors contributed to that "just running around and doing your stuff". And it intrigued me. Seeing how the body could be analysed, strengthened, watched over and maximised in terms of its physical potential etc. It was just amazing that a sports scientist could just come over to me and tell me a couple of things to work on in my training and find that it actually did matter and not only that, i could do it better after applying what he told me and at the same time was protecting my body by doing it the right way too. Why do sportsman have so many injuries nowadays? A good reason is that, even at the highest competitive level, some people still do things the wrong and abnormal way. Some people are really good at a certain sport, but because of their style which puts so much pressure on their body, their body breaks down faster. The process of having to analyse their movements, and how their movements contributed to their physical downfall and having to counter their problems bla bla bla...it just goes on and on. And i could go on and on as to why and how it interests me and how it thrills me especially because i have seen and experienced myself how beneficial the subject is!
I just found it all very very interesting! I started collecting my own notes, manuals, articles...files of em! Went around talking to people who knew about the subject, learnt about it in a very practical and applicable manner when i was playing and experienced the benefits of sports science myself! Now whatever i've learnt over the years by training, by reading and word of mouth... i will be taught all that in detail! The thought of that... *drools*...Just recently, i was looking through all i had compiled over the years. I was just wondering as to why the Lord didn't grant me the opportunity to pursue that interest so many years back when i was playing competitively and had a very good reason to learn then. But as i look back, i realise that it really has been His timing. He has changed and moulded me over the years, and still is, to know that it is all His providence.And How! In His timing, he has brought me across this path of study. A few years ago i wouldn't have been so thankful to the Lord. I would have been more delighted for myself. But now... really, all glory goes to God for being so gracious to allow me to pursue this interest of mine!Honestly that's really the reason why i get so excited sometimes talking about it or sharing my experiences about it. Coz i am just so amazed that the Lord has given me this opportunity that i'm just so thankful for it! I don't know how else to share my thanksgiving or my joy. I am just so grateful that i had the chance to pursue this exercise course at Sports Council. It was like... " waaaahhh!!! All these years i've really been wanting to study all this!!" I think it is only right that with what i learn i use to serve the Lord. And i find that i am able to do bits and pieces of that with the younger people in ministry. And i can't wait to see how much more i can serve the Lord through it in the future! (But before i go that far...let me do my degree in sports science first yea :p)Ahhh...i'm just really really grateful to the Lord because it really is His grace in action!You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you.
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.Ramble Yusoff :)Labels: A Time of Thankfulness
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A few years back...a lot of us look dark BUT there