The drill done today is described in the diagram this entry. The diagram is again, not merely an image. Just click drag to select this table cell starting with the title above the diagram in this entry and you will see what I mean. Everything in the diagram this entry is produced by code, except for the arrow and the curved line.

Saturday May 1, I did a drill in which I first kicked the ball on a slant to my left with my left foot, then on a slant right with my right foot, then again on a slant right with my right foot, then on a slant left with my left foot, and then on the fifth touch kicked the ball with my left foot simulating a pass, trying to kick the ball at as backwards an angle as possible, as far as possible (the ceiling is inhibiting) without kicking it to my left side; every recorded result featured this pattern with the ball not touching the ground between the first touch and the fifth touch. Today I did the same thing.

The air-dribble 'flights' prior to the kick-away, on average covered about 10 meters from turning point to turning point, and 8 meters from start point to final kick.

The diagram this entry shows my record of the results of the practice.

The improvement compared to the day before is obvious. Today the balls were much closer to the target area directly behind me.

People would be fools to scoff at my allegedly slow progress on the most difficult things. As today's practice shows, someone such as myself makes very fast progress in terms of the backwards pass. The backwards pass is easier than the E2E3 air dribble which emphasizes me, a left footed person using the outside of my right foot to slant balls to my right. Of course the rate of progress is slower with more difficult things. That is why they are considered more difficult.

I had alot of trouble programming this entry. The browser was being flaky and inconsistent in terms of interpreting the programming commands; it was being very slow refreshing the page for me to see it after programming changes. This was due to a combination of: the extremely big size of the previous Page 15 of the Soccer Log, which this entry originally belonged to; lots of pages being open on my computer; the computer not having been restarted for a long time; the fact this kind of programming is hard enough even when the computer is fast and the browser is not being flaky in interpreting the programming commands; the fact the computer works extra hard when a page is being programmed with script constantly changing (more work than simply displaying a programmed page). I feel better now. Sort of like someone who has moved out of a cramped apartment into a big house somewhere.

Been feeling a lot better lately, maybe better than I've felt for years. I suspect this is due to combining: organic green tea; spring water; organic cane sugar; organic half n half; lots of such tea; watermelon juice; exercising in the morning; and eating just a little.