Assalam,
Who would of thought that e-mail came all the
way from India and offering me to be their supporting staff in
fitting the PA roles. It was indeed a shocked and happy at the same time to been
asked to play in that role. Well of course not a chance I am giving that up. It
was the best platform for me to make my debut for an international analyst.
Well I did follow them once in 2013 in Malaysia for the Asia Cup but that’s
another story. This was something that I had to play it myself. Even so thanks
to my “sifu” for introducing me to Neil, who is the India Hockey coach. Any how
its been a privileged to have followed the team and a lot had been pick up and
a lot more needed to prepared in the near future as an analyst.
More or less this trip had made me graded myself
to where I stand as a future analyst. My studies and attachment in Cardiff Met
surely have taught me few bits and pieces in being an effective analyst. To
define effective is not easy, it can be define in many ways, it has to fit a big
spectrum and of course being consistent.
What we learnt does not necessarily mean it can be effective until it has
been tested. So I considered the trip as a test of how much I have
learnt and how effective I can be for the team.
Hence, considering what I had with me were still not good enough. There
are things that I had to learn along the way, as some of the things were
definitely new to me. Observing was my key weapon in gaining any information.
Identifying and formulating ideas I managed to catch had given me some
information to do what I needed. Luckily, field hockey has always been a fan of
statistics and video feedback. So a lot of the analysts are well experienced,
some of them had been in the role for more then 5 years. This has given me a
spot where I can learn from what they are doing. To be honest observing has
been the most contribution of how I learn myself. Even so, without
understanding the whole picture, observing it self would not have much effect.
"always expect the unexpected"
