Going into the game I was very confident in my playing ability and was almost certain I was going to win even if I had to carry my team. I ended up carrying the team for the beginning of the game until we apparently changed our team name to the “Warriors” and blew the lead. I am an extremely competitive person at heart, so losing the game the way we did was truly heart breaking. I was disappointed in my team whenever they messed up because we ended up blowing the lead and in almost all of those scenarios I would have made the play they needed to make if I were in their shoes. There were many emotional ups and downs during the game. Obviously I was happier when we were winning and our defense was locking them down. There’s not much worse in sports than watching helplessly as a comfortable lead diminishes and becomes a blowout. If I had a nickle for every dropped pass or botched pop fly, I’d be able to get a couple items off of the dollar menu. The trash talk from me was consistent throughout the whole game to try to get under my opponent's skin, but was definitely more prominent when we still led 4-0. But when the lead went away, I started getting trash talked by the other players. Like in real sports games I brush it off and never let it get to me, but I make sure to get them back worse. Staying in my normal trash talking mentality and not allowing myself to get rattled is what keeps my performance consistent and what makes my one liners sting. Emotions in sports can be a roller-coaster and I really think that got showcased yesterday during wiffleball.
Going into the game I really had no expectations for myself. I hadn't played wiffleball in years, but since I used to play softball competitively, I expected I'd be able to play semi-decently. Since my team started off winning, I became confident that we'd be able to continue. Every play we made or run we scored increased my confidence, and my team became overconfident. One of the articles I read said that sometimes kids want to win so badly that they'd even cheat. When the other team began to score runs, my team said that we had two outs against them when it was only one, or we'd prevent players from getting to bases quickly. We were up by so much, and it sucked to see us fall so far behind. It was a lot of fun being in the lead, and even though it was just a game of wiffeball with no important impact on my life, I enjoyed the game more when I thought we'd win. The articles I read all stressed the idea that humans love to win, no matter what the situation is, and that definitely rang true for this game. It was kind of embarrassing when we blew our lead, since we definitely acted overconfident prior to that. One article stated that losing teams often feel shameful, and even though I didn't feel shameful, it was definitely embarrassing to talk about blowing our lead. Wiffleball for me was filled with many emotions. I went from being apathetic to excited, then to worried and embarrassed. I had a lot of fun, even though we lost, and I feel like that is an important part of sports, no matter the outcome.
Preparing for the game, I expected at very least to make it to first base once. Baseball, softball, and wiffle ball is not my forte. My first take at bat, I was kind of slouched back, nervous and at the same time embarrassed at my lack of skill. That first at bat I struck out, and was able to laugh it off and continue into the field. As the other team began strong, it became more real that maybe I shouldn't laugh it off and it was time to focus. As my next at bat was approaching I began to get more nervous and was hoping to succeed at this round. As the other team continued to succeed and my team on the other hand was not, we got more serious at our chances at bat, and we started to pick it up. One inning I got a double then proceeded to get to third with the bases loaded. There was two outs and the tension was high. I was able to make it home but then someone had gotten out right after that. As the next inning came we were able to score about 5 or 6 points and we made a giant come back. When we first started to pick it up, our team esteem got higher and we got more "pumped up". We continued to feel successful as our success continued throughout and we ended with a win. An article I read stated: "Winning, by whatever means, evokes in young children a feeling of pride" That feeling did show when the game had finally ended. We started off very shaky and not strong, to finishing with everyone hitting atleast once and getting on base. By the end I was also a lot more confident in my skills then the start. Often when I am nervous and not confident about my skills I take it as a joke, by the end when I was much more sure I could do something I felt more serious about the game and that it was not as much of a joke. In the end the feeling of winning comes with pride and excitement, especially with the ability to have a come back from loosing by about 4 runs half way or more than halfway through the game.
Going into the game, I wasn't sure how my team was going to do. I had played wiffle ball before, but not in a really long time. I was confident, since a game like this would really be a toss up (didn't think either team was much better than the other). In the beginning of the game, my team led, but never by that much. I tried to help my team win by making defensive plays and getting three outs as quickly as possible. Like the articles said, as a winner, I felt confident and optimistic while my team was up. Another psychological aspect that the article mentioned that I experienced was feeling better while I was winning. Even though it was just a game of wiffle ball, I am a competitive person and wanted to win. While we were batting, I had a hard time getting on base, having not played a sport like this in a long time and also because it's hard to hit a ball with a wiffle ball bat. We blew our lead towards the end of the game, and I could tell that the mindsets of my teammates changed. As time in the period was running out, we all realized that it would be pretty hard to score at least 5 runs in one or two innings. We tried to block the other players from hitting bases and continued trash talking, which were signs that the article attributed to losing teams. Overall, I think that this game showed me a lot about being a winner and loser since I was able to experience both.
Going into Tuesday's game, I was very excited to play even though I haven't played wiffleball since my seventh birthday party. I still have played baseball in my backyard since then, and so I knew I could at least try to make contact. The Chicago Cub's third basemen Kris Byrant has a goal for everygame to try and hit at least three flyballs every game. My goal was to just put the ball in play every at bat and I did. I did accomplish that goal, but unfortunately, my team blew a 4-0 lead. I thought we were focused and ready to play for a W. After we had the lead, the began to play a little small ball, and then we couldn't execute simply defensive plays. It began to fall apart from there. I remember making a pretty good running catch back in the early innings where the ball surely seemed to be over my head but the wind slowed and knocked the ball right into my hand. Before the catch, it was runners on 1st and 3rd nobody out, and that catch go us out of th inning unscathed. I will admit, I made a bad mistake not being attentive to the field of play and botching a hard hit ball up the middle allowing the other team to comeback. My good vibe had just vanished into the air; I began to felt like this was my fault and I had to redeem myself. I did get some hits, but we couldn't overcome any deficit, this game was the other team's game to comeback from. I noticed a lot of trash talking during the game but I tried not to get too involved. But I had a little fun with it. There certainly was no trash coming out of my mouth after the lead had been blown. An article I read stated about trash talking and if you're the loser, you're going to feel ashamed, embarassed, and humilated by such. It certainly did sting more when we were losing and the other team continued to bash us verbally. Giving us names like the Warriors. I still had fun and a memorable day depsite being on the losing team.
The overall game wasn’t competitive compared to high school sports so I think the feelings of winning and losing for most people will be different or less exaggerated, however I think everyone still wanted to win. In the beginning of the whiffle ball game to the end of the game I think both teams thinking and feelings changed as the winning and losing teams changed. I think the team I was on became more successful after getting multiple runs in on one inning. The inning where we got all of the runs in was so successful because of the momentum the team had and our attitude changed, as we became the winning team. His is why I think in all sports there is usually one really good inning, quarter, or half because all the players feed off of each others positive attitudes and try to carry out the momentum. Complacency could be seen from the winning team as, for example, if someone struck out or missed a ball in the outfield it wasn’t as big of a deal as when we were losing and the team still kept a calm attitude. I think if we were to play another game right after or soon after then the winning team would have the better attitude going into it and think more positively toward playing another game, and this relates to the article because as teams lose over and over again, they begin to get frustrated and start to give up on the season. However winning teams, carry the excitement from one game to the next and bond together instead of getting mad at each other like losing teams might, as described in the articles. The frustration towards each other could be seen by both teams during the whiffle ball game at the point when the teams were losing.
The night before the game, I read those articles posted and didn't think much of it. They were short, straight to the point articles that just gave real life examples of sports physiology with different athletes and teams around the world. What I retained from it was just to focus on my mindset during the game, and my thoughts I would be having. So my mentality going on was very relaxed and excited for a fun game of whiffle ball. During the game though, it started to pick up. When I realized that I'd be batting a lot because the teams are small, and with the small field, I took it upon myself that I'd need to have a good game for our team to do well. Even though it was just a sports lit whiffle ball game, my fielding would need to be essential because I'm covering a sixth of the entire field. So during the game, I progressively took it more serious. Then we went down 4-0 early, and at that point, I honestly thought we weren't coming back. Every thing we hit went right to them, and they were blasting the ball over our heads. However, and thankfully, I was wrong. We all started stringing together base hit after base hit. The whole team was clicking. From that point on, we continued to pour it on, and eventually win the game by a whopping score of 12-4 (behind a solid pitching performance by Mr. G of course). At that point, I began to become more nonchalant and have some more fun, throwing on some trash talk and a whole lot of humor at the plate. The only article that comes to mind when thinking about this game is the one talking about negative confidence. Patrick Cohn discusses how athletes think of the negative consequence of a play rather than having the confidence to think of a positive one. This happened to me. We had bases loaded, two outs, and I might of been up, I might have not, but I told someone else to go because I didn't have the confidence that I would get a hit and didn't want to be that kid that could've tied the game but ended up blowing it. After the game, I was in a great mood because of the impressive comeback and break to my school day, and proceeded to get a milkshake from Shake Shack. Thanks G and go (whatever our team name is because every one I liked was too explicit)!
There were many causes and effects of us losing this game. For starters, my mentality was constantly changing as the game progressed. At the start of the game (when it was tied) I felt generally nervous because I hadn’t played wiffleball in years and wasn’t sure whether or not I could hit the ball. It was also confusing because it was hard to tell how skilled each person was. But as the game went on, my mentality became more positive as our team took the lead and since I was getting hits. When we had the lead, I felt pretty relaxed because it seemed like the other team couldn’t score. Finally, when we began to lose the lead I felt much less confident because we couldn’t hold them back. Once they were up a lot of runs, I essentially gave up in my mind and accepted that we weren’t going to win. After the game, I felt initially discouraged because we had a decent lead and we ended up getting demolished. But since the game wasn’t very competitive and it was just for class, I wasn’t really that upset. This reminds me of the “24 rule” from the PeakSports article. The rule is applied by Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints, and the idea is that it is okay to be emotional and distraught for 24 hours following the game, but after that you must move on the focus on the next one. Even though there was no next game in this case, the rule still applies because I didn’t want to be preoccupied for the rest of the day because of the game. Overall, I enjoyed the game very much and it was very enlightening on the psychology of winning and losing in sports. -Jesse H.
Before the game we read articles about sports psychology and I could relate with a lot of its during the game I was able to specifically notice the kind of effects of competition with winning and losing. During our game, my team started out by losing and having no hope for a final win. However, we never gave up and our attitudes definitely didn’t change. So, after a few good swings, we were in the lead. I don’t think this game was as competitive as most high school sports are but the idea was there and some of the more competitive athletes were evidently more involved in the game. Once my team starting to gain momentum I could feel that we were going to win. The other team was winning and now they were losing so they lost all confidence they had and didn’t feel as if they could regain it. As my team was more successful, the game itself became much more exciting for us and just simply more fun. The article brought up the idea of having fun in sports is usually when players get out of their head and start to play their best because they aren’t scared of failing. I definitely think as we were winning more and more, we started to gain confidence and relaxed more so we subsequently stopped fearing failure. According to most of the articles, fear of failure was one of the main reasons for athletes to mess up because they don’t try their best and instead hurt the team in the end. Overall, although it wasn’t one of the most competitive games I have been through, sports brings out a side in almost anyone that is hidden regularly and the psychology of it is very interesting and complex.
Going into the game I was very confident in my playing ability and was almost certain I was going to win even if I had to carry my team. I ended up carrying the team for the beginning of the game until we apparently changed our team name to the “Warriors” and blew the lead. I am an extremely competitive person at heart, so losing the game the way we did was truly heart breaking. I was disappointed in my team whenever they messed up because we ended up blowing the lead and in almost all of those scenarios I would have made the play they needed to make if I were in their shoes. There were many emotional ups and downs during the game. Obviously I was happier when we were winning and our defense was locking them down. There’s not much worse in sports than watching helplessly as a comfortable lead diminishes and becomes a blowout. If I had a nickle for every dropped pass or botched pop fly, I’d be able to get a couple items off of the dollar menu. The trash talk from me was consistent throughout the whole game to try to get under my opponent's skin, but was definitely more prominent when we still led 4-0. But when the lead went away, I started getting trash talked by the other players. Like in real sports games I brush it off and never let it get to me, but I make sure to get them back worse. Staying in my normal trash talking mentality and not allowing myself to get rattled is what keeps my performance consistent and what makes my one liners sting. Emotions in sports can be a roller-coaster and I really think that got showcased yesterday during wiffleball.
ReplyDeleteGoing into the game I really had no expectations for myself. I hadn't played wiffleball in years, but since I used to play softball competitively, I expected I'd be able to play semi-decently. Since my team started off winning, I became confident that we'd be able to continue. Every play we made or run we scored increased my confidence, and my team became overconfident. One of the articles I read said that sometimes kids want to win so badly that they'd even cheat. When the other team began to score runs, my team said that we had two outs against them when it was only one, or we'd prevent players from getting to bases quickly. We were up by so much, and it sucked to see us fall so far behind. It was a lot of fun being in the lead, and even though it was just a game of wiffeball with no important impact on my life, I enjoyed the game more when I thought we'd win. The articles I read all stressed the idea that humans love to win, no matter what the situation is, and that definitely rang true for this game. It was kind of embarrassing when we blew our lead, since we definitely acted overconfident prior to that. One article stated that losing teams often feel shameful, and even though I didn't feel shameful, it was definitely embarrassing to talk about blowing our lead. Wiffleball for me was filled with many emotions. I went from being apathetic to excited, then to worried and embarrassed. I had a lot of fun, even though we lost, and I feel like that is an important part of sports, no matter the outcome.
ReplyDeletePreparing for the game, I expected at very least to make it to first base once. Baseball, softball, and wiffle ball is not my forte. My first take at bat, I was kind of slouched back, nervous and at the same time embarrassed at my lack of skill. That first at bat I struck out, and was able to laugh it off and continue into the field. As the other team began strong, it became more real that maybe I shouldn't laugh it off and it was time to focus. As my next at bat was approaching I began to get more nervous and was hoping to succeed at this round. As the other team continued to succeed and my team on the other hand was not, we got more serious at our chances at bat, and we started to pick it up. One inning I got a double then proceeded to get to third with the bases loaded. There was two outs and the tension was high. I was able to make it home but then someone had gotten out right after that. As the next inning came we were able to score about 5 or 6 points and we made a giant come back. When we first started to pick it up, our team esteem got higher and we got more "pumped up". We continued to feel successful as our success continued throughout and we ended with a win. An article I read stated: "Winning, by whatever means, evokes in young children a feeling of pride" That feeling did show when the game had finally ended. We started off very shaky and not strong, to finishing with everyone hitting atleast once and getting on base. By the end I was also a lot more confident in my skills then the start. Often when I am nervous and not confident about my skills I take it as a joke, by the end when I was much more sure I could do something I felt more serious about the game and that it was not as much of a joke. In the end the feeling of winning comes with pride and excitement, especially with the ability to have a come back from loosing by about 4 runs half way or more than halfway through the game.
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ReplyDeleteGoing into the game, I wasn't sure how my team was going to do. I had played wiffle ball before, but not in a really long time. I was confident, since a game like this would really be a toss up (didn't think either team was much better than the other). In the beginning of the game, my team led, but never by that much. I tried to help my team win by making defensive plays and getting three outs as quickly as possible. Like the articles said, as a winner, I felt confident and optimistic while my team was up. Another psychological aspect that the article mentioned that I experienced was feeling better while I was winning. Even though it was just a game of wiffle ball, I am a competitive person and wanted to win.
While we were batting, I had a hard time getting on base, having not played a sport like this in a long time and also because it's hard to hit a ball with a wiffle ball bat. We blew our lead towards the end of the game, and I could tell that the mindsets of my teammates changed. As time in the period was running out, we all realized that it would be pretty hard to score at least 5 runs in one or two innings. We tried to block the other players from hitting bases and continued trash talking, which were signs that the article attributed to losing teams. Overall, I think that this game showed me a lot about being a winner and loser since I was able to experience both.
Going into Tuesday's game, I was very excited to play even though I haven't played wiffleball since my seventh birthday party. I still have played baseball in my backyard since then, and so I knew I could at least try to make contact. The Chicago Cub's third basemen Kris Byrant has a goal for everygame to try and hit at least three flyballs every game. My goal was to just put the ball in play every at bat and I did. I did accomplish that goal, but unfortunately, my team blew a 4-0 lead. I thought we were focused and ready to play for a W. After we had the lead, the began to play a little small ball, and then we couldn't execute simply defensive plays. It began to fall apart from there. I remember making a pretty good running catch back in the early innings where the ball surely seemed to be over my head but the wind slowed and knocked the ball right into my hand. Before the catch, it was runners on 1st and 3rd nobody out, and that catch go us out of th inning unscathed. I will admit, I made a bad mistake not being attentive to the field of play and botching a hard hit ball up the middle allowing the other team to comeback. My good vibe had just vanished into the air; I began to felt like this was my fault and I had to redeem myself. I did get some hits, but we couldn't overcome any deficit, this game was the other team's game to comeback from. I noticed a lot of trash talking during the game but I tried not to get too involved. But I had a little fun with it. There certainly was no trash coming out of my mouth after the lead had been blown. An article I read stated about trash talking and if you're the loser, you're going to feel ashamed, embarassed, and humilated by such. It certainly did sting more when we were losing and the other team continued to bash us verbally. Giving us names like the Warriors. I still had fun and a memorable day depsite being on the losing team.
ReplyDeleteThe overall game wasn’t competitive compared to high school sports so I think the feelings of winning and losing for most people will be different or less exaggerated, however I think everyone still wanted to win. In the beginning of the whiffle ball game to the end of the game I think both teams thinking and feelings changed as the winning and losing teams changed. I think the team I was on became more successful after getting multiple runs in on one inning. The inning where we got all of the runs in was so successful because of the momentum the team had and our attitude changed, as we became the winning team. His is why I think in all sports there is usually one really good inning, quarter, or half because all the players feed off of each others positive attitudes and try to carry out the momentum. Complacency could be seen from the winning team as, for example, if someone struck out or missed a ball in the outfield it wasn’t as big of a deal as when we were losing and the team still kept a calm attitude. I think if we were to play another game right after or soon after then the winning team would have the better attitude going into it and think more positively toward playing another game, and this relates to the article because as teams lose over and over again, they begin to get frustrated and start to give up on the season. However winning teams, carry the excitement from one game to the next and bond together instead of getting mad at each other like losing teams might, as described in the articles. The frustration towards each other could be seen by both teams during the whiffle ball game at the point when the teams were losing.
ReplyDeleteThe night before the game, I read those articles posted and didn't think much of it. They were short, straight to the point articles that just gave real life examples of sports physiology with different athletes and teams around the world. What I retained from it was just to focus on my mindset during the game, and my thoughts I would be having. So my mentality going on was very relaxed and excited for a fun game of whiffle ball. During the game though, it started to pick up. When I realized that I'd be batting a lot because the teams are small, and with the small field, I took it upon myself that I'd need to have a good game for our team to do well. Even though it was just a sports lit whiffle ball game, my fielding would need to be essential because I'm covering a sixth of the entire field. So during the game, I progressively took it more serious. Then we went down 4-0 early, and at that point, I honestly thought we weren't coming back. Every thing we hit went right to them, and they were blasting the ball over our heads. However, and thankfully, I was wrong. We all started stringing together base hit after base hit. The whole team was clicking. From that point on, we continued to pour it on, and eventually win the game by a whopping score of 12-4 (behind a solid pitching performance by Mr. G of course). At that point, I began to become more nonchalant and have some more fun, throwing on some trash talk and a whole lot of humor at the plate. The only article that comes to mind when thinking about this game is the one talking about negative confidence. Patrick Cohn discusses how athletes think of the negative consequence of a play rather than having the confidence to think of a positive one. This happened to me. We had bases loaded, two outs, and I might of been up, I might have not, but I told someone else to go because I didn't have the confidence that I would get a hit and didn't want to be that kid that could've tied the game but ended up blowing it. After the game, I was in a great mood because of the impressive comeback and break to my school day, and proceeded to get a milkshake from Shake Shack. Thanks G and go (whatever our team name is because every one I liked was too explicit)!
ReplyDeleteThere were many causes and effects of us losing this game. For starters, my mentality was constantly changing as the game progressed. At the start of the game (when it was tied) I felt generally nervous because I hadn’t played wiffleball in years and wasn’t sure whether or not I could hit the ball. It was also confusing because it was hard to tell how skilled each person was. But as the game went on, my mentality became more positive as our team took the lead and since I was getting hits. When we had the lead, I felt pretty relaxed because it seemed like the other team couldn’t score. Finally, when we began to lose the lead I felt much less confident because we couldn’t hold them back. Once they were up a lot of runs, I essentially gave up in my mind and accepted that we weren’t going to win. After the game, I felt initially discouraged because we had a decent lead and we ended up getting demolished. But since the game wasn’t very competitive and it was just for class, I wasn’t really that upset. This reminds me of the “24 rule” from the PeakSports article. The rule is applied by Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints, and the idea is that it is okay to be emotional and distraught for 24 hours following the game, but after that you must move on the focus on the next one. Even though there was no next game in this case, the rule still applies because I didn’t want to be preoccupied for the rest of the day because of the game. Overall, I enjoyed the game very much and it was very enlightening on the psychology of winning and losing in sports.
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Before the game we read articles about sports psychology and I could relate with a lot of its during the game I was able to specifically notice the kind of effects of competition with winning and losing. During our game, my team started out by losing and having no hope for a final win. However, we never gave up and our attitudes definitely didn’t change. So, after a few good swings, we were in the lead. I don’t think this game was as competitive as most high school sports are but the idea was there and some of the more competitive athletes were evidently more involved in the game. Once my team starting to gain momentum I could feel that we were going to win. The other team was winning and now they were losing so they lost all confidence they had and didn’t feel as if they could regain it. As my team was more successful, the game itself became much more exciting for us and just simply more fun. The article brought up the idea of having fun in sports is usually when players get out of their head and start to play their best because they aren’t scared of failing. I definitely think as we were winning more and more, we started to gain confidence and relaxed more so we subsequently stopped fearing failure. According to most of the articles, fear of failure was one of the main reasons for athletes to mess up because they don’t try their best and instead hurt the team in the end. Overall, although it wasn’t one of the most competitive games I have been through, sports brings out a side in almost anyone that is hidden regularly and the psychology of it is very interesting and complex.
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