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Originally Posted by Rich Kressly
I'm wondering if anyone addresses the individual and emotional "moments" that collectively define an overall experience and many times shape attitudes, behaviors, and accepted cultural practices.
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Well, yes, sort of. We discuss the successes of the season before our first competition, and (most) everyone knows they should be proud of what they have accomplished. There are a few "it doesn't matter if we win" speeches to temper expectations, and the overall result is that none* of the kids expect that we will win on the field. This deflates any arrogance beforehand, gets the team to really work as a team and put aside egos, and has the team fopcusing more on the other stuff we do** as opposed to winning on the field at any cost.
*There always seems to be a few exceptions, nothing's perfect
** Like sharing our scouting database in real time, actively reaching out to other teams, being the 'hardware store', etc.