30Mar/100
The Correlation of Effort and Motivation
As a player, it's inevitable.
You are playing against lesser competition.
You get bored. You lose focus. Your effort level drops.
You play down to your opponent's level.
You make mistakes you normally wouldn't.
You don't get to balls you normally would get to.
It happens as an individual. It happens as a team. It happens just because.
Why, all of a sudden, when you normally play at a high level, do you slack off?
Competitive nature is what drives any athlete, in any sport. This innate need to out-perform those around you, to better your own game, to prove to the world that you can lead your team to victory.
And yet there are times when it seems to fade...