I Carried A Watermelon

OK, so before we get into the rundown of our very first on-court Saturday training session, just a quick announcement that as of this morning the Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary.com) had 5,094,456 definitions, and one of them is mine.

So if you want to know the real meaning of the word bi-polar, it is now online for your convenience...

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bi-polar

Back to more netball related activities. OK, so do you remember that song by Big Audio Dynamite? "Not everything is singing you know. The only important thing these days is rhythm and melody" Catchy tune. And as it so happens totally applicable to netball...

"Not everything is playing you know. The only important thing these days is balance and footwork"

It was a real back to basics session, attended by Lemons, Michelini, Tonah, Mossy and myself. Running the training session and also finding the elusive light switches was Party-Dave ably assisted by Loz. Injured on the sidelines was The Mac, I asked him what he'd done to himself, and he reckons he has the same leg-injury as Dr House but slightly worse. And taking pictures from the Northcote rafters was Leesy.

Of course we would have preferred to be in Brisbane or even Bali, but you know, something about dedication, blah blah blah...

So we did a bit of a morning jog and some stretching and then we started on the basics. In my mind I was a bit like Baby in the first half of Dirty Dancing, a little awkward but you could see the potential and my ass looked awesome in denim cut-offs. According to cruel and biased observers it was more like that you-tube video of the amazingly drunk guy going into a store and trying heroically to stand-up...do yourself a favour if you haven't seen it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kLqahiyuSs

I have to admit the other squad newbies, didn't look quite so drunk. Michelin-Man is definitely a ballerina, probably in a past life though, as her feet are too big in this lifetime.

See you Wednesday beaches...