Hello True Believers of Kaipaki Nation,
It’s been said that a team full of champion players do not make a
champion team… Kaipaki’s goal of proving many sport philosophers (including
great coaches and great sport pysch’s) wrong by not training or doing any type
of preparation and still being successful is very much a pipe dream at the
moment…but still very achievable
obviously.
In rugby we have a sports psych by the name of David Galbraith –
he is very good at what he does and has a philosophy that you should only focus
on the very good things that happen out on the field. Lucky for us that is not a
great deal to focus on. He has 2 sayings. One is MOS(moment of sh!t) and the
other is MOP(moment of perfection).
Our MOP on Saturday came from an unlikely source
Setting the Scene
The weather is hot – the weather is so hot that
Lance Armstrong tested positive for Raro.(Darin Armstrong 17.01.2013)
Douglas Bradley is bored and is having much more fun thinking about the time
he, is his own words “Got the monkey off the back” (ask him what he means by
that), Bruce Willis who was playing Mitch Mase in this scene was still trying to
pluck the shorts he wore to the game from out of his…you know what, Brendon
Leonard is on his 150th
burpee, Dean Busch is devastated that he has grass stains on his brand new
whites but still looks immaculate as he puts the hair spray bottle back into his
pocket and Fraser Kilgour as captain has just placed 3 fielders - 1 in the
trees, 1 in Ohaupo and Scott Couch underneath the scoreboard. Currie also has
chafe.
The opposition have plenty and we have not many – what I mean by
‘not many’ is no coordination, clues and hope. But we still have
passion.
The MOP
Dean Busch after putting his hair spray back into his pocket runs
into bowl – his stride is beautiful as per usual. He has again ensured that his
back is arched so his butt is nicely on display, he glides to the bowling crease
without a sound being made, not even a whisper. He releases the ball with such
great finesse and looks over to the crowd to see who is watching. Then…BANG! The
bowl has been hit very hard and destroys the ambience that Busch has created
with his run up. The ball is in the air…Busch gets out his hair spray, Bruce
Willis is bent over with someone with a torch trying retrieve his shorts, Fraser
yells out to the man in Ohaupo and tells him to get under it. Currie has a wide
gait and is not running anywhere. Leonard gets a couple of cheeky burpees in and
Couch…..Couch, Couch, Couch.
Couch is fielding underneath the scoreboard (with a helmet on as
the scoreboard looks like it could fall down at any second) the ball appears at
first to be going for six. Then it dips so then it looks like it’s going for
four. Couch has been giving everyone in our team stick that we are not putting
our bodies on the line and that we are all soft. Couch with his own comments
ringing in his ears decides to sprint towards the ball. Everyone thinks that he
has more show of getting a job than getting anywhere near the ball. He
reluctantly dives, not because he thinks he has any show of catching it but just
to show off in front of his mrs yet again. His feet are off the ground and he is
horizontal flying through the air. Still there is no show of him getting near
this ball, not even to stop four or six. He decides to put his left arm to much
better use than what his left arm is normally used for. He casually puts his arm
out to look as though he is trying to catch the ball…………………Scott Couch took the
most amazing catch anyone on the field has ever scene. It was so amazing it
looked absolutely ridiculous and everyone on the field of play just
laughed…laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. Scott Couch won the Allan
Border Shirt last year for Performance of the Year. I would suggest that this is
going to take some beating.
Fair play Couch, it was a Moment Of Perfection.
For the record, we were a Team of Champion players on
Saturday…but weren’t a Champion team losing to Otorohanga.
iTme to hit the nets boys – training 5.30pm on Thursday!
Yours in can’t help thinking that once we start preparing better we will get luckier,
Kent Currie
Kaipaki Cricket Minivan Driver
It’s been said that a team full of champion players do not make a
champion team… Kaipaki’s goal of proving many sport philosophers (including
great coaches and great sport pysch’s) wrong by not training or doing any type
of preparation and still being successful is very much a pipe dream at the
moment…but still very achievable
obviously.
In rugby we have a sports psych by the name of David Galbraith –
he is very good at what he does and has a philosophy that you should only focus
on the very good things that happen out on the field. Lucky for us that is not a
great deal to focus on. He has 2 sayings. One is MOS(moment of sh!t) and the
other is MOP(moment of perfection).
Our MOP on Saturday came from an unlikely source
Setting the Scene
The weather is hot – the weather is so hot that
Lance Armstrong tested positive for Raro.(Darin Armstrong 17.01.2013)
Douglas Bradley is bored and is having much more fun thinking about the time
he, is his own words “Got the monkey off the back” (ask him what he means by
that), Bruce Willis who was playing Mitch Mase in this scene was still trying to
pluck the shorts he wore to the game from out of his…you know what, Brendon
Leonard is on his 150th
burpee, Dean Busch is devastated that he has grass stains on his brand new
whites but still looks immaculate as he puts the hair spray bottle back into his
pocket and Fraser Kilgour as captain has just placed 3 fielders - 1 in the
trees, 1 in Ohaupo and Scott Couch underneath the scoreboard. Currie also has
chafe.
The opposition have plenty and we have not many – what I mean by
‘not many’ is no coordination, clues and hope. But we still have
passion.
The MOP
Dean Busch after putting his hair spray back into his pocket runs
into bowl – his stride is beautiful as per usual. He has again ensured that his
back is arched so his butt is nicely on display, he glides to the bowling crease
without a sound being made, not even a whisper. He releases the ball with such
great finesse and looks over to the crowd to see who is watching. Then…BANG! The
bowl has been hit very hard and destroys the ambience that Busch has created
with his run up. The ball is in the air…Busch gets out his hair spray, Bruce
Willis is bent over with someone with a torch trying retrieve his shorts, Fraser
yells out to the man in Ohaupo and tells him to get under it. Currie has a wide
gait and is not running anywhere. Leonard gets a couple of cheeky burpees in and
Couch…..Couch, Couch, Couch.
Couch is fielding underneath the scoreboard (with a helmet on as
the scoreboard looks like it could fall down at any second) the ball appears at
first to be going for six. Then it dips so then it looks like it’s going for
four. Couch has been giving everyone in our team stick that we are not putting
our bodies on the line and that we are all soft. Couch with his own comments
ringing in his ears decides to sprint towards the ball. Everyone thinks that he
has more show of getting a job than getting anywhere near the ball. He
reluctantly dives, not because he thinks he has any show of catching it but just
to show off in front of his mrs yet again. His feet are off the ground and he is
horizontal flying through the air. Still there is no show of him getting near
this ball, not even to stop four or six. He decides to put his left arm to much
better use than what his left arm is normally used for. He casually puts his arm
out to look as though he is trying to catch the ball…………………Scott Couch took the
most amazing catch anyone on the field has ever scene. It was so amazing it
looked absolutely ridiculous and everyone on the field of play just
laughed…laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. Scott Couch won the Allan
Border Shirt last year for Performance of the Year. I would suggest that this is
going to take some beating.
Fair play Couch, it was a Moment Of Perfection.
For the record, we were a Team of Champion players on
Saturday…but weren’t a Champion team losing to Otorohanga.
iTme to hit the nets boys – training 5.30pm on Thursday!
Yours in can’t help thinking that once we start preparing better we will get luckier,
Kent Currie
Kaipaki Cricket Minivan Driver
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