Adventure in NZ (Part3)

Hi, buddy!!

The first day of trial was rain unfortunately. I heard from my friend living in NZ that rainy season has just begun in NZ when I was in AUS.
As I expected, it had been rain everyday, never stop... As a result, the heavy rains have loosened the ground and made heaps of wet spots on the pitch.

I felt like playing soccer on a snow ground or a pond one. Anyway, that was the worst pitch condition I've ever played in my life to be honest, but maybe everyone thinks so like me and was playing in same condition.

At first, I went to club-house to meet all other teammates had already contracted with the team, coaches, staffs and others.
There were some non-contracted players there as well that were rival for me.

And we had a medical check simply like anthropometric before trainning and had a short meeting about the schedule of pre-season.

After that, the trainning began at all, and we divided two groups like trials from contracted players, and had a fundamental training with balls and then had a measurement of physical fitness to check how fit we were.
Exactly speaking, I wasn't awesome about these results...haha

Anyway, I had already known I had to show them my best performance in a game of second day, I had focused on the game. I thought if I can't score of set up goal for anyone in the game, I must be kicked out of the team squad for sure.
So I did my best that kept condition perfect with Japanese lunch box I found in the city until the game. I had it there every single day.

And finally, the big day had come.




　

　


　そしてトライアウト、この時のＮＺはとにかく雨が多くて、毎日毎日、雨！雨！雨！！
　初日も当然雨で、芝はぬかるみボコボコな上に芝も深くて、雪の積もった上でサッカーしてるような感じでした。

　最初は簡単なボール回しから始まり、トライアウト生だけでミニゲーム。その後にシャトルラン。結果はあんまりよくなかったっすね。笑
　で、最後は契約組も合わせてミニゲームして終了。ここではきっちり点も入れてアピールしときました。

　そして３日後に最終テストの練習試合が行われると通告され、その日は帰宅。

　町の中に一つだけ日本食のレストランがやっていたので、そこで一日二食は食べてましたね。そこでメニューを考えて調整し、ランニングらダッシュなどをその間にやりながら試合当日に合わせていくようにしました。

　そして運命の当日。

　
　練習試合は、契約組とトライアウト生のみで構成されたチームとのガチンコ試合。これは正直燃えた！！アピールできる絶好の機会やし、そんなうまい選手もおらんかったからやれると思ってた。

　で、試合。

　正直、周りと呼吸が合わんくてパスミスもあったり、芝のグラウンドが沼みたいに深く、雨も降ってたんでたまらんかったけど皆条件は同じ。
　強いて言えば、試合前にみんなでチームが用意してくれたランチ挟んだんやけど、そこでもっとコミュニケーションとればよかったかなとは思う。たぶんそういう何気ないところでのチームに溶けこむ意欲みたいなんも監督は見てたんやと思う。深いね。

　で、試合内容なんですが。。。


　つ・づ・く。笑
　

　

State of the injury (怪我の状態)

Hi, mate!!

My injury has been back on course for recovery.

I have spent much time for recovery because I hasn't stopped training. I know the hard training is not good effective for recovery, but I didn't want to lose fitness and ball skill for new season.

I tried changing a hospital for recovery because I had been the first hospital for a nealy whole month, but I couldn't obtain effective relief, so I decided to look for new one. I got a x-ray to be checked the state of born and the doctor found out the cause of its groin pain.

He told me the pain has been caused by inflammation, so he gave me two choices to treat it. It's injection or oral.　I chose oral medicine because injection means to get steroid-induced suppression into my body, means I can take effect quickly but it has possibility to weaken the muscle...

Anyway, I feel so good!!









　怪我の状態は、だいぶ上向いてきた。

　トレーニングしながらってので、この１か月は精神的に結構辛かったけど、ちょっと病院を変えてみたら、状態が変わってきた。
　レントゲンで骨には異常はなかったけど、股関節の付け根部分に慢性的な炎症が起きてるみたい。その治療のための飲み薬をもらい、それを今服用しているんやけど、痛みも消えてきてる。

　練習もおもっきりやれるし、あとはまた痛みが出るかもっていう恐怖心だけやと思う。

　心配なのは、ここから薬を飲まずに痛みがない状態が続いてくれれば、もう完璧やね。

　そろそろ帰国日も具体的に考えていかなあかんし、今できることを一日一日しっかりやっていこうと思う。

　勝負の年に向けて！！

Speech as a graduate

Hi, guys!!

Last week I made a speech to freshmen at uni as a graduate. It was very good experience for me and I have to appreciate the proffesors that gave me this opportunity.
Honestly speaking, I thought I would be turning down the offer when I got it, but I fundamentally rethought about the decision because this opportunity might be a kind of new challenge for me.

That's why I decided to say 'yes' for the offer. And I got sure it wasn't fault the moment the speech is done.

However, I got really nervous before appeared in public because this was my first speech in fromt of heaps audience and I've never spoken a lot over a hour before. I was pretty sure my knee and somewhere would be shaking and I would get panic.

Contrary to what I predicted, I felt nothing to fear it. Maybe I might have got strong heart against such a pinch from Australian life. In fact, I was able to speak over to the students about what I wanted to say.
I might be cut out for that job, I mean I just wanna try a new thing all the time, even if there's always great conflict, and tension and suspense in those situation.

I don't mind them.

But I'm not sure if my speech goes to the students mind, of course I want them to understand all I wanted to tell them, but some people looked like they don't care of me because I had prepard and had two quetions to them in the beginning of the talk. I asked like this 'Is there anyone who has any dream or goal for your uni life??' and 'Do u have a proper process of the dream or goal??', but no one react to these quetions. I was sad...

I might have changed something before asked them or it might have been wrong way to ask, but what I want to say now is it was very fun, and I was glad that I could tell them what I wanted them to do in uni life.

Anyway, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE, DO YOUR BEST, SEIZE YOUR DREAM, IT'S NOW OR NEVER.




　

ども、ひさびさです。

　先週、自身の母校（大学）で、講演というかスピーチですね、する機会を頂きました。この話は、今年の５月くらいに在学中の頃からお世話になっていた先生から受け、引き受けるかどうか悩んだんですが、これも新しいチャレンジに自分にとってなるんじゃないかと思い、思い切って引き受けてみました。

　内容は、自分がプロサッカー選手という目標を立ててから、どう進み、何を考えてやってきたかという海外での「経験」を１時間くらいの時間の中で素直に伝えて欲しいということでした。
　伝える相手というのは、「新入生」！！総勢７０人ほどと、あとは先生方。

　いやぁ、最初前に立った時の風景、まじ教育実習を思い出しましたね。笑

　
　ただ、自分でもビックリしたけど、人前にたってもそこまで焦ることもなかったし、パニックになることもなかった。
　大筋自分が話したいことは言えたし、新しい一面というか発見できたことだけでもやってよかったと思う。


　けれど、最初に学生に質問した「みなさんは学生生活での目標、将来のなりたい目標が明白にあるか」という問いに、ほとんど手を挙げてくれなかったのにはショックでしたね。
　たぶん、人前で手を挙げるのが恥ずかしかった学生もたくさんいたと思うけど、それでも挙げてほしかったし、自分の目指してるものに自信を持っていてほしかったかな。。

　けど、改めて思ったのは、自分にはこういう緊張感のある仕事が向いてるってこと、このスピーチする前もそうやけど、何かに常に緊張している状態がやっぱり好き。
　その時はしんどいし、苦しいけど、やり終えた時の達成感がすべて忘れさしてくれるし、何よりちょっと人として成長できたと思える。
　今は怪我して、精神的に苦しいけど、来年今地道にやり続けてることがきっと良い方向に向いてくれると思ってます。

　

Adventure in NZ (Part2)

Hi, ladies and gents!!

This is a series of articles from last one which entitles 'Adventure in NZ part1'.

Anyway, I arrived at Hamilton airport of NZ after unconfortable flight, and then I headed for immgration clearance, but I didn't think I could go through there easily because my purpose to come here was different from other passengers. I think no one come to NZ to play soccer from oversea, especially This Hamilton is pretty small and minor city, it's like town. Maybe no tourists visit this town.

So, I thought I would be stopped and asked some quetions why did I come here. As expected, I was stopped for about a half hour and asked some quetion like where you would stay tonight...somethig like that.

I was also checked my luggage inside, but there was a key to pass the immgration. You quess what??
Because I'm JAPANESE.

I guess Japanese is known as more reliable person than other asian country. This is just my opinion, so I don't know exactly wheather it's right, but at least.....

Anyway I could pass it at all and I hadn't decided where I would stay at that night, so I had to look for accomodation first. At fisrt I started looking for a tourist center in the town. There is usually a tourist center in every city which we can get heaps of information about each cities, so we can also get the information about accomodation, for example we can ask where is the cheapest hotel. That's very convenience shop for us.

I also booked hotel from there and I could find the place can stay next few days smoothly.

And the next day, I had a first training for the soccer club...

You shall know that at next entry how did I go.







　すみません、このお題をシリーズ化しているのをすっかり忘れてました。笑

　そう、ＮＺに降り立ったのはいいものの、予想通り入国審査で捕まりました。昔一人でイギリスに行ったときも同じように捕まったなぁ。。
　ていうても、止められるのは予想してたし、時間かかるやろうから列の最後尾にいました。笑

　んで、「何しに来たんだ？」だの「何で泊まるホテルないのにきたん？」だの散々質問され、最後はナショナルリーグの入団テストに来たっていうのと、やっぱり「日本人」っていうので通れました。
　みな知ってますか？日本人はほんまに国際的に安全人物で通ってるから、韓国人や中国人に比べてこんな審査の時まじ楽です。それはほんまに思う。
　これが中国人パスポートやと、もっと拘束されたかもなぁ。。。

　皆さん、日本人に生まれたからには海外に行きましょう！！じゃなきゃ損！！


　って脱線しましたが、その後ホテルがないのでそのまま空港の普通のイスで就寝。結局荷物取られたらたまらんし、寝心地最悪でほぼ寝れず。
　んで、朝イチでタクシーで中心街へ！ってここで問題発生！！絶対このタクシーのおばはんにボッたくられた！！！このやろう！！
　１０分くらい乗っただけやのに５０ドルはないべさ！そんときは寝ぼけてたしＮＺってこんなもん？っておもたけど後々考えたらありえへん。

　で、観光案内所みたいなとこ探して、格安のホテル予約してもらってホテルはすぐ見つかりました。

　そして次の日、さぁトライアウトの始まりです！！


　。。。。。すみません、まだ続くみたいです。笑

Osteopathy (整骨療法)

Hi, how are you getting along??

I get outpatient treatment recently in hospotal. Do you know the reason why I came back to Japan suddenly? In fact, this time was an unwilling return home, I mean, I didn't want to flight back yet because I was grabbing a big chance in New zealand, but unfortunately my groin has already been running out.

That's why I decided to get a ticket for Japan to get a good treatment for groin, and I believed it was best way for me now.

At first, I tried to go to the biggest hospital in near home because I thought I would be able to get a better treatment than others, and I booked.
However, I heard there was a great physician's office when I met my friend who used to play American Football. He still plays it for adult teams and he was selected as a national player of Japan when he was age of 18.　

And he introduced me about a physician, and I started to go there from two weeks ago. Anyway he was an awesome physician for me. He always gives me some advices and ideas about how to train. And also tells me where my weak point is.

It means, I had trained by myself mainly because no trainers are around me even in my team, so I couldn't ask anything about how should I develop muscles, which part of muscles should I tone up.
But I met the doctor and I knew how funny body I had so far. So now I'm trying to set right.

He was a great doctor, but let me tell you guys just one thing. His treatment is very radical and painful.
He said he stunned some patients in past times while he was treating for them.

So, I always have to be prepared just before see this doctor othewise.....may..




ういっす。

　最近かなり整骨院に通ってます。そう、今自分は股関節がイカれてまして、それが今回の帰国の大きな原因になりました。
　
　怪我自体は、今年の５月ごろから付き合ってるからもう長い付き合いで、ずっと無理してたんで帰国当時はかなりひどかったです。夜、急に痛みが増したり、走ることもできなかったりと、私生活にも支障がでそうな感じやったので帰って治療しようと思い日本に帰国したわけですが。。。

　当初は近くの大きな病院で検査してもらおうと思ったんですが、直前にアメフトやってる友達から整骨院を紹介してもらえて、彼も高校時はアメフト日本代表だったりと今も企業チームでやってるくらいの選手なんで、それなら信頼できると思い行き始めました。

　ちょっと家から遠いですが、最初から治療の度合いが半端なかった！！とりあえず荒いというか、治療法が痛すぎる！！笑
　めっさツボみたいなとこ押されるし、しかも長い！いつも終わった後は痛みを耐える為に出た汗でびっしょりです。
　先生によると、痛みで気を失った患者も過去に何人かいたそうで、ちょっとやる前はビビッてましたね。笑

　めど、治療が終われば体は楽になるし、断続的に受けることで、怪我の具合も確実に良くなってます。しかも、筋肉系のアドバイスや、トレーニング方法なども教えてくれるので、本当に助かりますし、すげぇいいとこです！！
　先生はもちろん、紹介してくれた友達にも感謝したいですし、ありがたいですね。

　みなさんも興味があれば是非紹介しますよ。

　場所は大阪の寝屋川市ってとこです。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　
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