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[2021 Rugby Championship] Round 5 South Africa v New Zealand (25/9/2021)
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<blockquote data-quote="Umaga&#039;s Witness" data-source="post: 1056389" data-attributes="member: 65365"><p>With any sport the more you try things the less likely you are to win but the more likely you are to develop. I remember two extremes at my uni hostel - we had a table tennis table and i would always want to win, so I was disciplined, focused, error free, always playing just below my abilities. And I usually won. Another guy just liked playing around, trying trick shots and fancy things, pushing passed the edge of his abilities. I would beat this guy easily at the start of the year, but by the end of the year he was the best player in the hostel.</p><p></p><p>personally I'd prefer for a game like this that you just focus on winning, but I think foster wants to keep on developing his players. Certainly they would have gained a lot from this game by trying to play how they want to be able to play, in a tough and tense game, under pressure.</p><p></p><p>they could have tried to play smarter, and won this game more easily, but there'll be a game down the line where executing a skill based game under pressure will be the only way we can win.</p><p></p><p>Interesting post but I'm curious why you say it looks like we are trying to attack crusaders style. I'm guessing you mean brad mooar crusaders days, because it doesn't look like the crusaders of the last couple of seasons, who rarely play flat, only do so when they have front foot ball and or the defence is disorganized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umaga's Witness, post: 1056389, member: 65365"] With any sport the more you try things the less likely you are to win but the more likely you are to develop. I remember two extremes at my uni hostel - we had a table tennis table and i would always want to win, so I was disciplined, focused, error free, always playing just below my abilities. And I usually won. Another guy just liked playing around, trying trick shots and fancy things, pushing passed the edge of his abilities. I would beat this guy easily at the start of the year, but by the end of the year he was the best player in the hostel. personally I’d prefer for a game like this that you just focus on winning, but I think foster wants to keep on developing his players. Certainly they would have gained a lot from this game by trying to play how they want to be able to play, in a tough and tense game, under pressure. they could have tried to play smarter, and won this game more easily, but there’ll be a game down the line where executing a skill based game under pressure will be the only way we can win. Interesting post but I’m curious why you say it looks like we are trying to attack crusaders style. I’m guessing you mean brad mooar crusaders days, because it doesn’t look like the crusaders of the last couple of seasons, who rarely play flat, only do so when they have front foot ball and or the defence is disorganized. [/QUOTE]
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