Northcote at 9am on a Saturday morning, and I used to think it was cold on a Friday night. At least on a Friday night they sling a pizza your way if you hang around and enjoy a drink or two, it doesn't look like Esther Bester has brought any pizzas...
The Mac gets out of his wheelchair and joins the squad on court for the first time this year. He looks a bit awkward until his awesome pace breaks apart the leg braces that he is wearing. Run, Alex, Run!
Joining the Mac for this session are the Triple M netball commentary team (Malone, Michelini & Moss) along with Dave, Esther, KT, Leesy, Lemons, Loz, Ryza and Tonah. Twelve? That doesn't seem right...oh yeah, I was there too. Let's forget this paragraph ever existed, that was I can use that Triple M line in a better context.
It's the whole squad except for Hullsy, she's spending a suspiciously long time in Bali. Maybe she's read about the bargain prices on dentistry and plastic surgery that are available over there. I better keep an eye out for unbelievably white teeth when she gets back. Ryan volunteers to keep an eye out for huge boobs, not specifically on Hullsy, just in general.
Mac takes us through the warm-up. Leesy's parents have a dog that is also called Mac, he slobbers a lot and runs around like a crazy thing. What a small world.
We then do some footwork drills, and this week I look less like an Oktoberfest Oompa dancer after 12 steins of beer, and more like an Oktoberfest Oompa dancer after 10 steins, that my friends is measurable progress. Hopefully I improve before Tonah brings along his tuba to help me out with my rhythm.
Musical fact - Tonah doesn't actually play the tuba, but he does do an awesome version of Tiny Tonah Tiptoes Through The Tulips on his ukulele.
We then run through a triangle drill, I've spent all week brushing up on basic trigonometry and re-visiting Pythagorean Theorems, but I'm still not quite getting it. I'm possibly over-thinking it.
Some more passing, some more running, some surprise lollies and I've totally forgiven Es for the pizzas. KT who was obviously only there for the lollies decides that it's time to head off for the day, she's dropping her folks off at Caulfield for a drunken day at the races. It's the circle of life. Hakuna Matata, KT, Hakuna Matata!
We finish off with some half-court match practice where Dave encourages us to recreate the patterns of play we saw at the video night. Alex jumps on Ryan and rides him to the ground, rides him hard. Dave must have put on the good stuff after we'd left.
A final stretching session to finish. Strawberries and orange slices are handed around, a request is made for pineapple for next week, mainly due to it's positive affects in improving the taste of certain bodily fluids. Tonah hadn't heard that fact before, however Loz who spent the previous 6 months insisting he stop eating asparagus as an afternoon snack every day, doesn't seem surprised.
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