Support your teammates: Hugs n Kisses?
Dirty Dan said it right, A hardcore paintballer can walk in any hardware store and find something he can use for paintball. I guess the same is true for tv as well. I was watching the summer Olympics and noticed something new happening in alot of the team competitions, constant pats on the backs, high fives, low fives and Hugs! I watched a two woman, Chinese beach volleyball team, hug each other just because the opponents missed a serve. Granted, the china team needed the hug and the missed serve because they were down in points. So from then on, the china gals used the hugs and fives to boast each others moral.
Now this is nothing new in sports, but what the Olympians have displayed is, not only does it help, but its now essential for them to be there to support their teammates. Tournament Paintballers display these actions as well, before, and after the games. So who else can use these methods of team support? Scenario teams, woodsball teams and recball teams.
Scenario teams need just as much reassurance as any other team in sports. In scenario paintball it is hard to congratulate a teammate while a game is in progress. Take some time either during the event or on a break to do so. You are ,after all, on a scenario team. You want your team to function properly. A team that functions properly gets more enjoyment out of the game. A team that is in constant disarray won't have good events or games, etc.
A paintball player can take congratulations a step further and praise the opponents. It shows good sportsmanship to make sure the other side knows you had a good game because of them . Let em know.
Now this is nothing new in sports, but what the Olympians have displayed is, not only does it help, but its now essential for them to be there to support their teammates. Tournament Paintballers display these actions as well, before, and after the games. So who else can use these methods of team support? Scenario teams, woodsball teams and recball teams.
Scenario teams need just as much reassurance as any other team in sports. In scenario paintball it is hard to congratulate a teammate while a game is in progress. Take some time either during the event or on a break to do so. You are ,after all, on a scenario team. You want your team to function properly. A team that functions properly gets more enjoyment out of the game. A team that is in constant disarray won't have good events or games, etc.
A paintball player can take congratulations a step further and praise the opponents. It shows good sportsmanship to make sure the other side knows you had a good game because of them . Let em know.
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I'm all about hugs n' kisses.
 But I am definitely all about letting the other side know how appreciated they are. Especially if they play with honor. My team just began giving out a coin to players on both sides of the game recognizing their outstanding sportsmanship because we feel it's important, too. But damn, if I'd have known that a hug would suffice. . .I could have saved alot of money on those coins.  |
 
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I think it's a great idea except for the hugs & kisses part. I don't want nor will I give so much a "football butt swat" to a team mate, but each to his own.
There's 2 sides to this & you have effectively addressed giving encouragement for a job well done. But what about when things go wrong and your team needs to be rallied? There's a tendency for people to poor mouth & finger point--generally play the blame game when things don't go well. I've seen it cause hard feelings & definitely piss people off (myself included on the last part). There's few things that get under my skin more than to have a team mate say or insinuate that myself or another team mate did this or that wrong. Don't tell people what they did wrong so much as you need to say what they should be doing. And if you went in to battle without a plan, well you planned to fail (as the saying goes), so don't blame others, rally the troops around a solid plan instead. Somehow I doubt I'm the only player who has ever seen the need for rallying the troops handled less than the best way. Our captain, Shrub, handles this sort of thing very well and I suspect most captains do (that's why they are the captain), but sometimes other people take the task upon themselves, especially if the captain isn't around at the moment. And everyone should have a voice on a team--it just needs to be voiced in the right way. |
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Very true ace007. I've mainly been doing single issue blogs, and some bleed over into other issues. I may post a blog about AAR's(after action reports), duties vs rank, and team moral.
If you have any more thoughts on why a captain is a captain, and how to interact with teammates on a more effective level, post em up. I'd like to see them. |
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What About a Warm Fuzz-ie
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I hope thats a drink at the local pub.
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