Not only AK Champion ….. Beyblade Champion too !

Part 1
Saturday go OG Orchard played beyblade tournaments ...... 12pm ..... 1pm ..... 2pm ..... my boys Riordan and Reuben keep losing Round 1 and 2 ..... sigh .....

Sunday they dun want to play beyblade .... play AK tournament .... lose ..... and play catching in arcade ....... ke ke lols ...

nothing much to do ..... go Raffles City play beyblade tournament ...... 3pm full .... so play 4pm .... 13 players ..... last-min 3 teenagers came ..... United Square tournament ended at 3pm .... they didn’t get to grand finals over at United Square ...... so come Raffles City try try .......

Reuben got not enough strength ... lose round 2 ..... Riordan faced the teenager .... ‘use all your strength to pull ..... that’s the only chance you will win’ .... i told him ... and my boy Riordan won .... going into the grand finals at 530pm .....

all seems to be small boys playing ... quite fair ..... alemak .... my boy Riordan faced another audlt .... 28-yrs old chap quite cocky .... thought sure win ...

Part 2
The 28-yrs old man took his own sweet time ....... searching for blades ... chewing his gum ...... heard some parents complained he purposely do that ..... to make the kid opponent stressed ....

I told my boy Riordan to relax .... until the man is ready ..... Riordan is always ready to battle ..... ‘you need to pull your bey harder than ever ... if you want to win’, i told Riordan ..... and he did ...... won again .....

next few rounds meeting all the ‘so-call’ experts .... most of them won prizes / tournaments before ...... i told my boy Riordan, ‘you have beaten 2-men today .... the rest are just kids ...... just focus and pull your bey at all your might ..... and he did just that into the semi and final for Gold - Silver prizes .....

FINAL PART
Everyone support Riordan’s Final Opponent, the ex-champion ..... only a few parents, the judges, 2 of my friends and myself cheering my boy Riordan the underdog ....... I told him .... ‘just pull all your might .....’ and he just did that .... very very close fight .....

my boy Riordan won ..... everyone cheered ... and i cheered ‘anyone can do it .....!!! ‘

Prize presentation .... the MC announced: ‘we have a new winner today ..... anyone can do it ... Riordan Ng had did it .....!!”

My boy Riordan is so happy and excited .... he cried ....... he fought with mighty gusto ....

"An AK Champion and now A Beyblade Champion. "
~ Story by : spaceshuttle

Lesson Learnt :
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You need to learn to lose ..... so as to win. The need to have many attempts and failures in order to learn from mistakes, gain more experiences and improve to get better and better. Don’t be afraid to lose ... and before you knew it - you are already among the BEST.

Failure is the Mother of Success.

The need to promote sportsmanship for kids when they are young, for them to have the physical strength and the mental strength. Let them pick up a sport, such as swimming, martial arts or any sports the involve proficient skills - sport that demand self-discipline and commitment. The kids perform laps, routines and sets, under the guidance of their coach/instructor. Over time, they will acquire the strength in their self-esteem and confidence.

My boy Riordan may lose to the adults based on physical strength; but he make up with his mental - his beliefs, multiplied into serveral folds by believing in himself winning. The mind could be trained to perform even better under stress and uncertainties.

As parents, we encourage and reinforce what the kids believe in ...... you can do it. Never say die attitude. Now in games and sport, and in studies, later on th 2-yr stinct in the Army, work-family life and in fact last the whole lifetime.

Mind Over Matters.