Words of wisdom from the dragonboat coaches during training
...On stroke technique, "OK guys, we need to shorten the shorts and longen the longs"…
…"The reason why we're paddling a bit sucky this morning is because"…
On dragonboat race day during HK's period of fear over Swine Flu
…"Remember boys and girls….BRING HOME THE BEEF!!!"…
…"Leave everything in the water….including your lunch"…
Whilst lining up for a dragonboat race
…"FOCUS……I mean on your own boat!!....."
Whilst instructing on paddling starting technique
…Coach - "You're a$$ is hanging too low, get it off the seat"…
…Paddler - "I thought that wasn't supposed to happen to me for another 20 years…"…
Words from the crew
…"I tend not to listen to the first part of when someone's speaking as most of the time its cr*p anyway"…
After boarding the boat and pushing off from shore
…"OK, everyone backpaddle. This is a bad sign, we're actually going faster paddling backwards than paddling forwards…"…
The original chant for the team, "WHAT TIME IS IT?...G-A-M-E T-I-M-E-!", mistakenly
misheard as:
…"WHAT TIME IS IT?...G-A-Y T-I-M-E-!"…
…"WHAT TIME IS IT?...L-U-N-C-H T-I-M-E-!"…
…"WHAT TIME IS IT?...H-O-M-E T-I-M-E-!"…
Got to love the dedication |
