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Message: [QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 882470, member: 96"] Great post as always General. Lots of good and spot on analysis and a lot of good for thought. The coach in me does disagree with one thing you said, and JB would probably say the same in private. But kids do sometimes play up or down to their competition. It's mental focus. It's natural sometimes. Sometimes you can play a far weaker team (even if only in perception) and you don't come out as focused as you should. The other team will sometimes gain some confidence and your team sometimes starts "pressing". Then it's a game and it shouldn't be on paper. Coaches try to avoid it with ore game speeches and warnings, but sometimes kids just come out overconfident and aren't focused enough to do the things they should be doing and applying maximum effort. [/QUOTE]