Practice doesn't make perfect...


In reply to PBM's twitlonger: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sphh3u

I've just a couple things to say. I wouldn't get upset at people for playing poorly. I would even mention this after scrims if I needed to. I would get upset at people if they played poorly and weren't trying to correct it.

Leading up to worlds can be stressful and I expect everyone going in to have the same mindset: if we try our best then we can win. It's hard to find a full team with that same mindset. I wouldn't get upset at Oceans for having a bad game. I would get upset if he had a bad game and was complacent with it. And I would never get upset during important games that matter. Only scrimmages.

I was told growing up that it isn't practice that makes perfect, but it's perfect practice that makes perfect. A lot of the teammates would show up late for scrims. If I was told that scrims start at x time, then I would always be there five minutes before x time. Often times I'm sitting around five minutes past scrim time with no communication from anyone about where they are. Also, if you're performing poorly then it's up to you to communicate with your team about how we can all win. Oceans wouldn't talk to anyone. Not during the game nor after. It struck me as a person who was complacent. We didn't have much time before worlds. I wanted as much good practice as we could get. All these things combined into each other is enough to show that your team doesn't want to win. Because bad practice is not practice at all.

In conclusion I think too many people get hurt feelings. I don't create a toxic environment during SPL games or important matches because if you do it during an important game, it won't fix anything and it'll only help you lose. I get upset when people don't take practice seriously because everyone can be the best at what they do, as long as they apply themselves. I would apologize to teammates after I got upset and I would explain to them why I did. And it was always because we weren't giving it our all and we were taking practice for granted.

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