09-14-2024, 09:21 AM
Our hardness and toughness seem conditional. And Pinot is right, it's psychological for us. We have the ability and can be hard and tough but fail to do it consistently, in games and week to week.
In too many games/quarters when the opposition hits us hard we resort to safe; we go into our shells. Hardness and toughness are dialled down as confidence weakens - above the shoulders. At our best, we've plenty of hardness and toughness but it wavers far too much. Being mentally tough does not allow that to happen.
Last night I saw two sides with persistent mental hardness and toughness, from the first bounce right to the final siren. The physical hardness and toughness flowed from the psychological relentless determination and ruthless, even desperate, commitment to every contest.
In too many games/quarters when the opposition hits us hard we resort to safe; we go into our shells. Hardness and toughness are dialled down as confidence weakens - above the shoulders. At our best, we've plenty of hardness and toughness but it wavers far too much. Being mentally tough does not allow that to happen.
Last night I saw two sides with persistent mental hardness and toughness, from the first bounce right to the final siren. The physical hardness and toughness flowed from the psychological relentless determination and ruthless, even desperate, commitment to every contest.
Only our ruthless best, from Board to bootstudders will get us no. 17