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By Matt Reese
We knew going into this basketball season that it was going to be a tough year for my daughter’s 7
th grade team. They were stepping up in the level of competition in their league and the wins were not going to come as easily as they had the previous season, if they came at all.
There were a handful of wins, but also some losses by substantive margins. As a former coach and dad watching from the stands, I couldn’t help but notice a trend develop as the season of tough losses played out. Our girls would play well for a quarter or so, then start to make a few mistakes. A few errant passes in a row would lead to sudden panic, which would lead to more mistakes, a run from the opposition and, within a few moments, the whole team would collectively lose hope and fall far behind. This would happen until a couple of things would go right, then they’d re-group and play fine after that, usually too late to have a shot at winning the game.