3 days and 2 nights of training camp, was sure worth while, as the team sat through the 3 days, getting prepared both mentally and physically for their first ever upcoming event, POL-ITE.
The first day saw the arrival of the team alongside their bags, big and small, heading towards the spacious Agora Hall where they all settled down before heading to the field where the first training of the camp begin. The training was surely tiring as it was furthermore, a Sunday, a day where it was very unlikely of anyone to head back to school despite holiday periods. Additionally, the weather wasn't helping as well as the team trained under the blazing sun in the hottest time of the afternoon, running around the field, doing stretches, kicking of balls and not to mention, in the bad condition of the field which was badly waterlogged from the earlier hours of heavy-light-heavy-light rain. Brown spots was everywhere on attire, socks and boots. It was only at about 6pm did the training end before they headed for shower and then off to dinner out of camp-area.
Banquet was crowded as per usual, packed with many people looking for dinner, like the team was. With half of the team reaching the place earlier, they managed to book place for all to sit, with the tables inches away from one another. Ili, Fana, Iffa, Faridah, Yi Wen, few of the half. Before it's too late, the team went off in their mission to buy their dinner, filling their already hungry and empty stomachs. After the sumptuous dinner, the team headed back to their camp area where they had a team talk that ranges from improvement to discipline of the team. It sure was a good sharing session that lasted till past midnight with everyone struggling to keep their eyes wide open, like Faz has mentioned.
The 2nd day was less-physical as the team had to endure going through 3 workshops after the light physical in the morning before breakfast, one of which was more hands on, learning how to tape ankles while the other was more mentally based. Mostly cried in that one and again, it was another great short team sharing session but in tears, to put it in that manner. After which, the team had their 2nd field training again which ended at around 9pm in the night before having a shower and dinner and calling it a day. Tired as they were, everyone was sound asleep back in their "bunks", earlier as compared to the first night.
The last day called for celebration as it was break-camp day, the day everyone was looking forward to. Due to the fact that training ended late the previous day, the day begin at 9am for the girls. First they had breakfast, followed by light field physical on the field which lasted a rough 2 hours and a half. That saw the girls very much relaxed as they just had their usual sandwich meal before physical. End of the first session's training and the team headed down for a good last meal from camp and then resting for a good 2 hours where some of them played touch rugby in their spacious bunk area. Faridah, Faraheen, Atiqah, Shasha and Faz, were the few who played. Much less to say, there were loads of screaming and screaming, nothing but screaming from the girls! Carpet-burns injury was not avoided at all.
After a much 2 hours relax and sleep(for some), the girls headed back again for the 2nd and last training session of the camp. They had a 4 v 4 , the defenders going against the midfielders and attackers, switching of positions, shooting, etc. The field was less water-logged this time but it didn't help that much either anyway. It was break-camp and everyone was looking forward to going home sleeping on their sweet and comfy beds and didn't want to head home late and training only ended at around 730pm. The girls had a good stretch for cool-down, debrief and headed for a not-so-comfy-place to shower before calling it the end of the tiring camp.
Definitely everyone is exhausted, with their legs all wobbly like jelly but to be able to endure and be able to be awake for 2 training sessions in a day for the first camp like this is good enough for the team. As the fixtures of the POL-ITE is released, the Team Republic soccer girls have only exactly 1 month and 5 days from today.
It is only that much time left and surely, Team Republic will do their best and do their school proud for their first ever POL-ITE!
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