Ok here is the chance to address
a single player or the whole team. Remember in this post,
we going for POSITIVE VIBES ONLY; forget about shortcommings, or hole in tire; leh we just focus on giving them men some positive vibes, Be it reflections or quotations, their game stats of times of glory or great things they have accomplished or are presently doing.
All these postings should be dedicated to pulling out POSITIVE VIBES!!! . We want postings man could read during training and prior to the game; we want posting that man could put up in locker room or read before game. I know
for some people it is easier to be critical than to be correct. I never came close to wearing a national uniform nor do I profess to have all the skills to be in a league with anyone of those players; my passion as a TNT national is to see the team through to Germany by any means necessary. I think the time has come for a refocusing of how we prepare mentally for the ensuing games.
ok so here we go; my first posting is to the team.
Dear Team Warriors:I say August 17 is a good time tuh done all them scoreless streaks!!!!!!!!!
Somebody check this stats: How do we play when "our backs are up to the wall?" That would mean defining which games constitute a"Must" win. Let's see. After the Guatemala game, we had a good showing aganist Costa Rica; follow that with a good game aganist Panama; Mexico we hold our own. The GC we had moments aganist formidable oponents. Defense looked good Birchall big goal and outstanding saves from Jack. You know we had endless opportunities to score.
Going on by this:
"Concentration -- the ability “to focus one’s attention on the task at hand and thereby not be disturbed or affected by irrelevant external and internal stimuli” (Schmid & Peper, 1993). " I would say that, no player intentionally walks out on a field and says, today I want to look bad, today I don't feel like scoring. You know there is so much at stake, that concentration on the task should be very high. You playing in the USA aganist the USA. You eh want tuh embarass yuhself nor the team nor the country. In a very hypothetical sense the USA players are also bringing that heighten sense of concentration: they dont want to lose to ( what they call we: "minnows") TNT at home; they just won the GC; they sitting good in the hex; they have the confidence. Having said this, the "ball is round" and the game is 90 mins long!!!!!!
The USA does not have a DIVINE right to victory nor are they invincible!!!!! Yes there are mitigating factors, we will accept that but if we could renew our 'touches' or
Self-efficacy -- one’s belief about his or her ability to perform a certain task. That is all palyers from the back tuh the forward; and if each man's task is good enough to counter the task of the USA then each player should have a BIG =
Performance -- “The observable attempt of an individual to produce a voluntary action” (score a goal in soccer,) (Shea, Fall 2000).
The focus team is not on who we are playing but on the game each and every player will be executing on the field. Heightened arousal; heightened focus on the task and heightened awareness of every action should be at the forefront.
Reflections:
http://www.socawarriorssc.com/swonline/smf/index.php?topic=1662.msg10361#msg10361http://www.socawarriorssc.com/swonline/smf/index.php?topic=2180.msg14636#msg14636"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and conveniences, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther Jr.
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so
much by the position that one has reached in life as by
the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed." - Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) US educator, social reformer
Let's not hope for the USA to stand and feel a sense of comfort ; feel complacent; underestimate US and lapse in focus, rather let's see the obstacles and work in ways to overcome them. WE SHALL OVERCOME!!!!! GO WARRIORS GO