5 Hours with a PRO!!

31st of May.Certainly a day to be remembered for the rest of our lives.Three members from Ztec( Moy, Jo-Wyee and Termin) and a few other Penang players had the privilege to meet a real pro *and I meant it*.Jani Kukkola from Finland was on a 4 hour floorball clinic in Penang after having a long week over in Singapore having clinics as well.Jani plays for Finland's top club SSV(this season Finnish League champions) and is a rising talent in the Finnish national side.It was really a great honour to learn from him many basic skills, different kind of shots,free hits and tactical moves.

Though is was short we surely did a lot in that 4 hours.We started of with a passing drill.And then a circuit followed by learning various shots from drags to slaps to backhands and wrists.We were all amazed with his shots!(the best person to ask is Linken cause he had the privilege to get shot by him which left him with bruises everywhere)We then played a game and learned about free hits and power play(Finland's style).It was surely a great honour to be able to play in the same court as him.His spin-overs and ball controls are just superbly good and not to mention,SUPER FAST!We didn't have a chance to even stop him from doing it.And we also found out that the snakes drill that we've always been doing is actually called the dragon drill over in Finland.This is something new!=)

After 4 hours of tiring training,the day was surely not over YET.The final hour was of cause the makan time!We accompanied him to Gurney Drive and all eyes was on him as he tried Penang's delicacies.We also talked about "sup torpedo" during the meal which makes him feel curious.Should probably take him to some mamak and try that if he's back here next time.

It was a great experience for all of us and even for Moy and Jo-Wyee as they were with Lin Ken fetching him around.He is one heck of a story teller!And we managed to dig out his dirty little secret as well. ;) Last but not least we from Ztec would like to thank Dalat Eagles for organizing the clinic and also Jani Kukola for coming down all the way to train us.We wish him all the best in the selection for his national side for the upcoming World Championship tournament.