The SCGS coach gives her injured player a piggy back ride off the court. Isn’t it nice when your coach carries you off the court of play? (Photo © Leslie Tan/Red Sports archive photo)
It goes without saying that your coach plays a big part in in your sporting life. With one word, you get to play. With another word, you sit on the bench. With the right words, you soar to new heights. With the wrong words, you get demoralised.
So it’s time to recognise your favourite coaches on Red Sports by voting for them in our Red Sports reader-nominated poll.
If you have coaches you would like to nominate and they are not in the list below, here’s how you nominate them in the comments section:
Full name of coach – (sport, school)
When coaches get excited on the sidelines, they sometimes say the funniest (or rudest) things! Here’s a collection of quotes Red Sports readers and the crew have heard over the years:
1. “Can you see where the ball is going?!”
2. “Do you want to play this game or not?!”
3. “What kind of pass is that?! You want me to slap you?!”
4. “Did I teach you to throw into the defenders hands?!”
5. “ni shi pen dan!” (Translation: “You are stupid!”)
6. “Do you hate your opponent?! Do you hate your opponent?!!”
7. “Why are you smiling? You very happy is it???”
8. “When he is going to score, you push him over! You go for his legs! You kick him! You don’t stand there and stare!!!”
9. “Har? ni zai pai zao ah? xiang ge mu tou yi yang!” (Translation: Huh? You taking photo is it? Stand like wooden-block like that!)
10. “Who teach you one? Your Grandma is it?”
11. “Move like a butterfly, sting like a bee, just try not to fall down lah.”
12. “Hey!! What kind of pass is that? You wanna come back to the bench and drink kopi with me?”
13. “You think you playing primary school ah?! You no brain, ah? Can’t see the ball coming is it?”
14. “Is the ball a chicken? If not why so hard to pick it up?”
15. “You so slow, cow go home drink milk already!”
16. “DAMN!!!! Your daddy should have went fishing the day they made you!”
17. “Walao eh! Got chance just shoot lah! Got so much time to fa dai and wait for opponent to snatch ball, ah?”
18. “Do you know how to run?! THEN DO IT!”
19. “Too fat ah? Cannot even jump 1/4 of a pepsi can! Jump higher!”
20. “You run slower than my grandmother!!!”
21. “JI DAN!” (you are a brainless egg!)
22. “You guys are so slow! slower than my grandmother who isn’t EVEN ALIVE!”
23. “You spike the ball hit the ant also will not die!”
24. “Everybody’s a bloody idiot!”
25. “You need walkie talkie to communicate!?”
26. “Eh why you standing there just like a Barbie doll?!”
Feel free to add what you’ve heard to this list and I’ll update it.
Of course, some coaches are inspirational and some Red Sports readers have shared them with us.
1. “Give up now and die later.” Teo Jia Kai, HCI basketball coach
2. “When you have the ball, you are the boss.” Timothy Teo Han Chua, SJI rugby coach
Feel free to add to the list to balance things out (although we suppose it’s human nature to remember the bizarre and weird better sometimes).
Some of us have become who we are because the right coach has taken the time with us to encourage us, teach us and train us. So let’s nominate them, shall we?
Red Sports. Always Game.
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N.B. – We use a poll plugin that does not allow repeated votes from the same IP address (or the same computer). However, this may mean that you can’t vote from a particular computer even if you haven’t voted before because ISPs (StarHub, SingTel) use a rotating IP address.
You have 5 votes and have to use them all at one go. Polls close at midnight on May 30th, 2010.
Vote for your 2010 Red Sports Coach of the Year
- Chiew Poh Leng (Basketball - Singapore Chinese Girls' School, Raffles Institution) (34%, 180 Votes)
- Nordin Manaff (Hockey - Crescent Girls' School, Millenia Institute) (30%, 156 Votes)
- Lin Shuang Ru (Netball - Nanyang Girls' High, Crescent Girls' School, Hwa Chong Institution) (21%, 110 Votes)
- Lai Kak Keong (Basketball - Qihua Primary) (21%, 109 Votes)
- Euan Morrison (Rugby - Montfort Secondary) (20%, 106 Votes)
- Albert Chia (Softball - Peicai Secondary) (18%, 95 Votes)
- Chng Li Li (Netball - Raffles Girls' School, Raffles Institution, St Margaret's Secondary, Cedar Girls' School) (17%, 91 Votes)
- Lee Sai Meng (Water Polo - Hwa Chong Institution) (17%, 87 Votes)
- Nicolas Wong (Football - Guangyang Secondary) (15%, 79 Votes)
- Ng Choon Hong (Basketball - Unity Secondary, Yishun Secondary, Kheng Cheng Primary, Whye Nam) (15%, 76 Votes)
- Nelson Lim (Softball - Raffles Girls' School, Raffles Institution, National University of Singapore) (14%, 73 Votes)
- Teo Suan Long (Track and Field [Sprints] - Catholic High School) (12%, 63 Votes)
- Stella Chia (Floorball - River Valley High School, CHIJ Katong Convent) (12%, 61 Votes)
- Francis Tong (Football - Temasek Junior College) (11%, 60 Votes)
- Qi Hong (Sprints - Cedar Girls' Secondary) (11%, 58 Votes)
- Jasper Wong (Basketball - Chua Chu Kang Primary) (11%, 57 Votes)
- Chester Leow (Basketball - Hwa Chong Institution) (11%, 55 Votes)
- Lim Kwee Chai (Basketball - Queensway Secondary, Anderson Junior College, Singapore Polytechnic) (10%, 54 Votes)
- Alan Koh ( Track and Field - Catholic High School) (10%, 54 Votes)
- Ng Bock Huat (Throws - Cedar Girls' Secondary) (10%, 50 Votes)
- Choo Hou Sen (Basketball - Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary, Springfield Secondary, First Toa Payoh Primary, Tong Whye Temple) (9%, 49 Votes)
- Foo Kwang Hock (Basketball - Unity Secondary) (9%, 49 Votes)
- Priscilla Koh Pui Sze (Hockey - Hougang Primary, Seng Kang Secondary, Catholic Junior College) (9%, 47 Votes)
- Fred Martens (Cricket, Hockey - Victoria School) (9%, 47 Votes)
- Ang Kwan Meng (Volleyball - Xinmin Secondary) (9%, 46 Votes)
- Shen Ke Qin (Volleyball - Nanyang Junior College, Jurong, Dunman, Yishun Town, Yuying, Ngee Ann Secondary) (9%, 46 Votes)
- Justin Teh (Netball - Singapore Chinese Girls' School) (9%, 45 Votes)
- Lina Goh (Softball - Sembawang Primary) (8%, 43 Votes)
- Yap Ah Kuan (Volleyball - Victoria School, Hua Yi Secondary) (8%, 42 Votes)
- Jill Quek (Floorball - Raffles Institution) (8%, 40 Votes)
- Hong Wei Jian (Basketball - Canberra Secondary) (7%, 39 Votes)
- Jolynn Loo Yi Lin (Netball - North Vista Secondary) (7%, 39 Votes)
- Lim Poh Soon (Volleyball - Anderson Secondary, Pei Chun Public School) (7%, 38 Votes)
- Chua Mei Hui (Basketball - Innova Junior College, North Zone Boys All-Stars) (7%, 36 Votes)
- Ganesan Elangovan (Track and Field - St Joseph's Institution) (6%, 33 Votes)
- Caleb Joseph Leow (Floorball - Hwa Chong Institution) (6%, 32 Votes)
- Teo Feng Duan (Volleyball - Dunman High, Hwa Chong Institution) (6%, 30 Votes)
- Tay Swee Hoe (Basketball - Queensway Secondary) (5%, 28 Votes)
- Lawrence Ang (Cross-Country - Anglo-Chinese School (I)) (5%, 27 Votes)
- Lim Tiang Quee (Track and Field, Cross-Country - PLMGS, Katong Covent (Pri), Jurong Secondary, Serangoon Junior College) (5%, 26 Votes)
- Desmond Chow (Volleyball - Hua Yi Secondary) (5%, 24 Votes)
- Saravanan (Floorball - Bukit Merah Secondary) (4%, 22 Votes)
- Rebecca Choo Wee Chu (Netball - Seng Kang Secondary) (4%, 21 Votes)
- Marc Chen (Basketball - Fairfield Methodist School) (4%, 20 Votes)
- Ong Jin Yi (Football - Anglo-Chinese Junior College) (4%, 20 Votes)
- Jude Felix (Hockey - RI, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls') (4%, 20 Votes)
- Sekaran (Floorball - Bukit Merah Secondary) (4%, 19 Votes)
- Tan Sio Beng (Football - Nanyang Junior College) (4%, 19 Votes)
- Lim Bee Lian (Basketball - Kranji Secondary) (3%, 18 Votes)
- Donald Wan Meng Wai (Football - Seng Kang Secondary) (3%, 18 Votes)
- Robin Manihera (Netball - Singapore Sports School) (3%, 15 Votes)
- Lew Chin Onn (Volleyball - West Spring, Dunman High, Yishun Town, Zhonghua Secondary) (3%, 15 Votes)
- Ong Teck Boon (Volleyball - Sembawang Secondary, Greenridge Secondary) (3%, 15 Votes)
- Teo Chin Hong (Basketball - Yuying Secondary, East View Secondary) (3%, 15 Votes)
- Chua Kian Hwee (Volleyball - Macpherson, Sembawang, Unity) (3%, 14 Votes)
- Cheng Wei Li (Netball - Cedar Girls' Secondary) (3%, 14 Votes)
- Tay Choon Joo (Basketball - Kranji Primary) (3%, 14 Votes)
- Edmund Tan (Basketball - Naval Base Secondary) (3%, 14 Votes)
- Victor Tan (Basketball - Kranji Primary) (2%, 12 Votes)
- Ian Chew (Basketball - Catholic High) (2%, 12 Votes)
- Teo Chin Hong (Basketball - East View Secondary, Yuying Secondary, Whye Nam Sports Club, Republic Polytechnic) (2%, 12 Votes)
- Tan Yew Hwee (Football - Victoria Junior College) (2%, 11 Votes)
- William (Dragon Boat - Fuhua Secondary) (2%, 11 Votes)
- Eddie Eng (Basketball - Kent Ridge Secondary, ACS(I)) (2%, 11 Votes)
- Lou Shan Dong (Volleyball) (2%, 10 Votes)
- Feng Rui Fen (Volleyball - Nanyang Girls High, Aitong Primary) (2%, 10 Votes)
- Kevin Low Choon Yong (Football - Raffles Institution) (2%, 10 Votes)
- Oh Thian Soon (Basketball - Tong Whye Sports Club) (2%, 9 Votes)
- Khoo Yong Xing (Dragon Boat - Fuhua Secondary) (2%, 9 Votes)
- Teo Siew Lan (Volleyball - St. Hilda’s Secondary) (2%, 9 Votes)
- Amir Hms (Floorball - Victoria School) (2%, 8 Votes)
- Ng Kok Hua (Volleyball - Bukit Panjang Govt High) (2%, 8 Votes)
- Ryan Ng Yan Liang (Dragon Boat - Fuhua Secondary) (1%, 6 Votes)
- Regina Yeo (Softball-Nan Hua High) (1%, 4 Votes)
- George Edwards Nathan (Hockey) (1%, 4 Votes)
- Filip Dahlgren (Floorball - East View Secondary) (1%, 3 Votes)
- Loh Chan Pew (Track and Field - CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)) (1%, 3 Votes)
- Debra Goei (Tennis - Catholic Junior College) (0%, 2 Votes)
- Jackson Teo (Dragon Boat - Yuan Ching Secondary) (0%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 2,078
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There are 26 negative quotes from coaches and just 2 positives ones. I suggest you upload more of the positives ones. This just made coaches ‘Bad’ people. I hope you take my words and think
Since we are not in the habit of making up quotes ourselves, we only put up what readers provide to us.
If you have read the post, we asked for positive quotes in the post itself.
We would happily put up more positive ones if anyone can contribute any.
It has always surprised me that the student athletes seem to have contributed more negative than positive ones.
I wonder why.
If you would like to contribute one, please do so in the comments section.