One for all, all for one
note: I’ll be posting some nonsense since I’m free and there’s nothing else better to do at the moment.
I was fortunate to be trained in several sports back in high school time, representing schools like Chung Hwa Independent or SMK Taman Connaught (I moved quite frequently back in high school days because of family’s need. I graduated in SMK Taman Maluri.)
Now I’m not as good as before in basketball (peak was age of 14-16), but some still think I’m amazing because of what I can do despite being the shortest, and often the smallest sized player as well on court. What they didn’t know is, most of the things I did was just a fundamental skill in various sports.
Here’s a rough list of things I learned from several sports that made me a better player in basketball (or some other tasks):
Volleyball: reflex, vision, timing of plays, vertical jump, team leading skills.
Badminton: determination, horizontal leap, psychology game.
Chess (it is a form of sport to me): plot the easiest - sometimes the most elegant - way to win.
Table tennis: strength control, tempo control.
See, it’s never a coincident or a gift when I jump higher than the highest player on court. Okay, maybe not always, but it happens (thank you, volleyball coach Mr. Gidean), especially when I’m in a better position (thank you, chess instructor - I can never remember your name). When it does and people stare at me with a puzzled face, I just smirk and say “I trained hard for it.”
