CSN Log
August 15th, 2012, 08:20 PM
08-15-2012 08:48 PM
Often in sports, the phrase “learn how to win” is applied to mean getting over the hump from competitiveness to something more, perhaps to championships. Yet it also is arguable that a downtrodden team needs to “learn not to lose,” getting past that feeling that something is about to go wrong at the crucial moments.
Last year, the Northern Colorado Bears lost their season opener to NCAA Division II Lindenwood on a last-second field goal, and the Bears’ season never got any better after that. UNC went 0-11 in its first season under coach Earnest Collins Jr. — a returned former UNC player and assistant coach — and again was last in the Football Championship Subdivision’s Big Sky Conference.
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Often in sports, the phrase “learn how to win” is applied to mean getting over the hump from competitiveness to something more, perhaps to championships. Yet it also is arguable that a downtrodden team needs to “learn not to lose,” getting past that feeling that something is about to go wrong at the crucial moments.
Last year, the Northern Colorado Bears lost their season opener to NCAA Division II Lindenwood on a last-second field goal, and the Bears’ season never got any better after that. UNC went 0-11 in its first season under coach Earnest Collins Jr. — a returned former UNC player and assistant coach — and again was last in the Football Championship Subdivision’s Big Sky Conference.
Full story » (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/08/15/winning-mind-games-a-start?blog=2#more8015)
More... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/log/index.php/2012/08/15/winning-mind-games-a-start?blog=2)