Regionals 2014

Alright boys, the biggest part of our season is right around the corner. So let’s keep a few things in mind this weekend.

-       Win. All season we’ve been saying “oh, we lost but at least we’re improving every time.” Guess what? THIS IS THE LAST TOURNAMENT, everyone needs to put everything they’ve learned this past year out on the line. We should be playing at our highest level now. Give everything you possibly can when you’re the in the game, and when you’re on the sideline never quit talking it up. Remember, every single person needs to be active at any given time.

-       If you make a bad play don’t cry about it. We all know you made a bad play, it’s all right, we’re going to pick you back up, you just need to make sure you pick yourself back up because you’re still playing this point and we still have a game to play. Focus on the good not the bad.

-       Do whatever you need to do tonight and/or Saturday morning to be mentally prepared for this weekend. Think about what you’re going to do to help Reaper do the best we possibly can.

-       If we lose, so what? Look, if everyone is going all out tomorrow and we lose, then we can at least say there’s nothing else we could’ve done. And then, we get past it and prepare for the next battle of our day, ready to come out and fight our hardest again. It’s not if we lose, it’s how we lose.

-       There’s no need to get frustrated at any other teammates this weekend. We don’t need that kind of attitude at all. We need to be picking each other up this weekend and playing like a team. If you get anywhere near that level of pissed off just go walk it out.

-       With all this being said, there is a huge difference between playing with anger, and playing with emotion. Playing with emotion, and leaving your heart on your sleeve after every point is exactly what everyone should strive for. Being frustrated and angry always leads to turnovers and poor decisions, it’s almost worse than the exhaustion after a marathon point.

-       We’re playing some good teams this weekend, every game is going to be close. Take of yourself and try not to get injured, we’ll need everyone.

-       After everything is said and done, let’s eat like a team, not bunch of separate cliques.

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