"It's the Final Countdown!!! da na na nah, dededadadah!!"
The weekend is almost here which means it's almost time for "The first proper footy match for Niigata ALT FC since October!!"
This year's footy has been barren to say the least. First the Saitama tournament was cancelled. Then we found out the April tournament in Tochigi was also cancelled. So this weekend's tournament will be the second competitive outing for Niigata ALT FC (brewed 2006-07). Are we ready? Well, to be honest I can;t say either way.
We had a training session last weekend and we looked pretty sharp in the small six-a-side game we played. I think we've all been playing some sort of footy somewhere, albeit seperately, so we've got a bit of touch and fitness.
Myself, I've been down the gym more often in teh last few weeks, using the running machine to make sure I go a bit further every time. I've also had footy training with Kawaji FC and one of my schools, so my touch isn't so bad (also bagged quite a few goals and got better at penalties too!).
Actually the thing I'm most worried about is cramps. Pretty much every tournament we've played in, my calves been on the verge of cramping in the final matches. Determined to make sure it doesn;t happen this time, I researched preventative measures on teh internet. And found nothing useful. Most of the sites I read took cramps to be a "innocuous hazard when playing sports". Very useful.
But when Keiko searched sites in Japanese, she found what I was looking for in no time. Apparently, cramps happen due to over-excercise and a lack of magnesium, calcium and karium. "Karium?" I asked. "Yes, Karium. Don't you know what it is?" asked Keiko. And I didn't. The word was written in katakana so it was a loan word, but it wasn't English. I checked my dictionary and it turns out kalium is potassium. "Of course!", I realised "that's why the chemical symbol for potassium is 'K'".
Which brings me neatly(ish) back to Sweden (potassium in Swedish is 'kalium') and Swedish super-group 'Europe'.
"da na na nah, dededadadah!!"
This year's footy has been barren to say the least. First the Saitama tournament was cancelled. Then we found out the April tournament in Tochigi was also cancelled. So this weekend's tournament will be the second competitive outing for Niigata ALT FC (brewed 2006-07). Are we ready? Well, to be honest I can;t say either way.
We had a training session last weekend and we looked pretty sharp in the small six-a-side game we played. I think we've all been playing some sort of footy somewhere, albeit seperately, so we've got a bit of touch and fitness.
Myself, I've been down the gym more often in teh last few weeks, using the running machine to make sure I go a bit further every time. I've also had footy training with Kawaji FC and one of my schools, so my touch isn't so bad (also bagged quite a few goals and got better at penalties too!).
Actually the thing I'm most worried about is cramps. Pretty much every tournament we've played in, my calves been on the verge of cramping in the final matches. Determined to make sure it doesn;t happen this time, I researched preventative measures on teh internet. And found nothing useful. Most of the sites I read took cramps to be a "innocuous hazard when playing sports". Very useful.
But when Keiko searched sites in Japanese, she found what I was looking for in no time. Apparently, cramps happen due to over-excercise and a lack of magnesium, calcium and karium. "Karium?" I asked. "Yes, Karium. Don't you know what it is?" asked Keiko. And I didn't. The word was written in katakana so it was a loan word, but it wasn't English. I checked my dictionary and it turns out kalium is potassium. "Of course!", I realised "that's why the chemical symbol for potassium is 'K'".
Which brings me neatly(ish) back to Sweden (potassium in Swedish is 'kalium') and Swedish super-group 'Europe'.
"da na na nah, dededadadah!!"
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