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Reading all the posts with interest about individual improvements and how those individuals may progress to B+ or A grade. But a factor I am going to be looking at is how we can continue to gel as a team.
I remember back in 2012 to probably 2014 in post match analysis I would comment that we looked like strangers playing together. The team honestly looked like none of them had ever met, let alone have trained or played together.
This group are not only getting to the 40-80 games levels individually. They are getting there playing pretty consistently together. I see they go on their end of season trips, and are building great friendships and team spirit. And they are building that elusive thing of team cohesiveness and understanding. Our list has been pretty stable for a while.
Richo has been reluctant to make many changes and that has caused some disquiet among some supporters. But a benefit is that the team understanding is developing alongside the individual improvements. That indefinable concept of ‘team’ is going along quite nicely I think.
It is the hidden thing in the great teams and explains why sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts. At least I think that is how that saying goes!
I remember back in 2012 to probably 2014 in post match analysis I would comment that we looked like strangers playing together. The team honestly looked like none of them had ever met, let alone have trained or played together.
This group are not only getting to the 40-80 games levels individually. They are getting there playing pretty consistently together. I see they go on their end of season trips, and are building great friendships and team spirit. And they are building that elusive thing of team cohesiveness and understanding. Our list has been pretty stable for a while.
Richo has been reluctant to make many changes and that has caused some disquiet among some supporters. But a benefit is that the team understanding is developing alongside the individual improvements. That indefinable concept of ‘team’ is going along quite nicely I think.
It is the hidden thing in the great teams and explains why sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts. At least I think that is how that saying goes!
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