Thinking and Doing

Tryouts lurk around the corner. Thinking and doing converge. Experience and youth converge. Wanting and having converge.

The best players in every sport think the game and execute the game simultaneously. Skill without thought and thought without skill leave a team wanting.

The best version of yourself reacts quickly through 'recognition primed decision making' as no conference precedes the decision to block, where to set, or to tip or swing. We know from studying top players in soccer that they scan the field more quickly and more accurately than lesser players. 

MVB 24 blends experience and youth. Melrose's top teams have always had both, but especially experience. Three senior captains (Leah, Maggie, and Gigi) and the one junior captain (Sabine) have faced the top teams and seek the sunshine of victory not the darkness of defeat.

Thinking includes "training up" young players. You never know when a young player comes along as a critical piece that strengthens a team. You never know when illness or injury forces 'stay ready' players to move from understudies to leading ladies. 

Thinking and doing must become seamless and timeless. 

Lagniappe. Be excited at opportunity.  

Lagniappe 2. Your conscious choices will bring your best version to the court.