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The
scrimmage was against the Botofogo club… a top Athletic club in
RIO… UNFORTUNATELY… the way we played …. We should have stayed
on the mountain.. It seems that taking 3 days off from practice
was a bit too much for us… as we floundered and flailed our way
through the match…. The most disturbing thing was the lack of
effort or enthusiasm…
Lack of
skill … is one thing .. but lack of effort .. emotion… and
enthusiasm… is something that each player MUST bring to the
court….
I do
understand that it was our first scrimmage, we are thousands of
miles away from home and that we are at the end of our trip
(everyone is looking forward to getting home) … BUT….taking some
PERSONAL PRIDE and OWNERSHIP on how we compete is an INDIVIDUALS
RESPONSIBILITY…
We play
again tomorrow against a much better team… we hope to improve
all aspects of our game…
For
dinner almost everyone went to a Mexican food restaurant in
Ipanema… IT was AWSOME.. (how can you beat an all you can eat
Mexican food restaurant… ) During dinner some of the girls
were trying to resolve some team DRAMA issues….guess time will
tell if they were successful or not….
After
dinner the girls stopped at the hippy market … (little shops
along Copacabana beach that have many hand made things)
Tomorrow
is our last day in RIO…
Bye
from Brazil …
John Littleman
Head Coach
Highline CC Women's Volleyball Team
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Hello
from Brazil…. 