So this weekend I was at Brookwood tournament which was pretty fun since it was academic team and the car ride there was nothing but laughs. But when we got there we had a new mind setting we knew we were going to get owned but at least we should gain some points. So 1st round not bad started to lose a little in the begnining and made a huge comeback against south foryr and won 180 to 85. Pretty happy since we thought we were all going to get owned at this tournament but not bad. Off to round two..lost a little bit actually a lot 130 to 75 sigh we knew we were goin to lose but when a older team mate tells you, you tried your best but, you know you didn't.
You know the answers to those question but didn't buzz in or was too slow, or you mess up a bonus because your mind blanks off and your like "no i knew that dang it". This isn't playing at your best. Sure I know that this is one of the hardest tournaments we've had so far and the older players keep on resuring us that we did good for freshman year but no one on my team agress. We know we didn't try our best we know we should've gotten more question and bonuses. To play our best we need to get every tossup we know and every bonus, even if we don't win that round we know we did good since we answered what we know and it is time to work on what we dont. Like my dad told me "You have to have a base before you can build a building".
So that's our resolution to answer what we know and work on what we don't. However, we have a problem unfortuantly we are the only 3 members of the freshman class who actually are dedicated to this and our fourth member is busy and comes to tournaments ocassionly I don't blame him. But to have a player like that with 2 majors and 3ish minors could harm the team greatly. So Tim offered a new plan to split the majors and minors among the three of us, putting more weight on our shoulders. *sigh* now I really need to have a strong base before holding up to all these things. Its not that I don't like it when teammates say you did your best.........its that pain inside saying no you didn't. So my resolution is to improve myself then I can play my best.
Do you ever fear that sometimes you are not good enough? and when you try to become better its still not good enough? I say
"To compete with others you first must compete with yourself."
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hey man, no worries. A*Team takes some practice and some luck. For a freshman you are quite good. the fact that you beat a Georgian I team is awesome. keep at it, you'll get much better. trust me on this one
btw, are you going to USC on the 6th?
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