Thursday 22 August 2019

The Importance Of Team Work And Sportsmanship

By Jeffrey Martin


Sports have been known to provide a healthier lifestyle to does who engage in it. Apart from all the health factors, sports are fun and an enjoyable experience for all. Especially when playing a sport built on teamwork. Whether it is football, baseball basketball, fast pitch, flag, football, golf, martial arts, lacrosse, soccer, slow pitch or volleyball. It is always fun when playing with a group of other individuals and you are up against another group who is willing to work together just to gain victory and that is the reason why USSSA Tournaments exist.

For one to do pursue a career in sports one must be skilful, motivated, and must uphold the principles of sportsmanship. In a group sport, one would near more than just skill to win, one would need to build up a strong bond that becomes the foundation of a great team.

However, competing with others will never be fun if your goal is to boast your ego and play on your own terms leaving your team behind. A team is built for a reason that each one serves a great purpose that will lead the entire team not just you, to a well earned victory.

And if you enter a tournament with your team but all you are thinking about is self validation, to be known as the best of the best than maybe you should try sports that does not need a team. After all if your only thinking about winning on your own then it almost seems like you are only bringing along your team as an ornament, will not get you anywhere.

But even for those who were not able to get the overall price, most of them still feel honored just to be part of the tournament, and because they did their best and play well with their teams, they have no regrets. All they feel is that burning passion to keep again the next time the tournament opens and the next time around they will be able to win those trophies and the overall price for their team.

One could not simply rely on skills in situations like you are being surrounded by opponent players, such as in basketball, if the opponent sense that you as the main player in your team because of your skill that you have showed, then their strategy will be to surround to minimize your movements as much as possible.

Most of the ones who are easily defeated in the tournaments are the team who does not play well together, the most important thing with playing together is knowing when to depend on your team mates. Such as in basketball and football. You have to know when is the right time to pass the ball to a teammate.

It is okay to believe in yourself, but too much of something good can also be bad. Too much self confidence for yourself and not a smidge of recognition to the efforts and the ability of the teammates is not a good characteristic and will surely lead you to nowhere, because without the team, you would not be even there in that tournament thinking that you are above everyone else. Just be a little bit humble and depend on the ones who also depend on you.

It does not matter how skillful you are as a solo player, if you are competing in a team learn to be part of the team. Even though you are the most reliable player, you cannot take the glory all for yourself because ones victory is the teams victory.




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