Sure, but then I should have gotten an award for persistance, not poise - LOL
And with regards to the "advice", 90% of it wasn't really advice but stuff I already knew and hadn't had time to work on. Things like "use your body to throw a shot" yeah, duh. In fact, I think 90% of the advice was those very words, over and over, by everyone and their dog. Yes, I get it! I'm just not going to be able to try to do it in a tournament, I need to take it to a pell to work on that. In a tournament you have to worry about finding openings before you throw a shot, and without experience, you don't get enough time to think about throwing your body into it, especially when you have to worry about aim and accuracy as well, not to mention the whole defence thing. With a pell, you can work on power because it's not going anywhere and it's not going to call foul if you hit below the knees or where the wrists would be because there aren't any, and I can forget about my shield arm. I need to get a pell and I knew that. I didn't need 40 people telling me to "use your body to power your shots" grrrrr. And when I could catch a breath between tears I DID tell them "no advice please" but they weren't listening. I don't have a problem telling people "not now". I DO have a problem with them thinking they know better than I do and not listening to my request.
And no, you're helpful, because I know your comments aren't you trying to look big/experienced by giving the newbie advice, or whatever. I know you care about me and you're also only trying to say things AFTER the fact, when I can deal with it.
I would love to see what Yog has to say about my fighting when next I return back East. For now I'll have to just go to the local practice and learn what I can. Maybe I'll at least have the basics by the time I get to move home. And if not, maybe I'll have my husband take video for him to critique.
About the stress and sports mind-set, this isn't a problem I've encountered before. Usually there's someone out there I know with me, even if I'm not fighting them and that makes me feel safe. There was NO ONE in the field I knew, so that probably added to it. And having people I know on the sidelines isn't the same. In fact, this was the first time I've had a non-fighter on the sidelines watching me, other than in a war with my brothers. Lots of other fighters see me at practice, and there is often moments where only me and my opponent are working together But it's just the other guys watching and it's not the same as having my husband or my laurel on the sidelines. Sure, there's pressure, but it feels different somehow.
There's also the heat, the lack of sleep, the fact that I was away from home (either Ontario or Edmonton) and my family and doggies and stressed about having to return to Edmonton, and guilty about not spending enough time with family when I was back East, and the hormones, and the wedding reception and seeing everyone. It was probably a poor time to enter my first tournament.
Thanks, talking to you is making me look more closely at the situation and maybe I'll be able to figure out what the trigger was...
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Sure, but then I should have gotten an award for persistance, not poise - LOL
And with regards to the "advice", 90% of it wasn't really advice but stuff I already knew and hadn't had time to work on. Things like "use your body to throw a shot" yeah, duh. In fact, I think 90% of the advice was those very words, over and over, by everyone and their dog. Yes, I get it! I'm just not going to be able to try to do it in a tournament, I need to take it to a pell to work on that. In a tournament you have to worry about finding openings before you throw a shot, and without experience, you don't get enough time to think about throwing your body into it, especially when you have to worry about aim and accuracy as well, not to mention the whole defence thing. With a pell, you can work on power because it's not going anywhere and it's not going to call foul if you hit below the knees or where the wrists would be because there aren't any, and I can forget about my shield arm. I need to get a pell and I knew that. I didn't need 40 people telling me to "use your body to power your shots" grrrrr. And when I could catch a breath between tears I DID tell them "no advice please" but they weren't listening. I don't have a problem telling people "not now". I DO have a problem with them thinking they know better than I do and not listening to my request.
And no, you're helpful, because I know your comments aren't you trying to look big/experienced by giving the newbie advice, or whatever. I know you care about me and you're also only trying to say things AFTER the fact, when I can deal with it.
I would love to see what Yog has to say about my fighting when next I return back East. For now I'll have to just go to the local practice and learn what I can. Maybe I'll at least have the basics by the time I get to move home. And if not, maybe I'll have my husband take video for him to critique.
About the stress and sports mind-set, this isn't a problem I've encountered before. Usually there's someone out there I know with me, even if I'm not fighting them and that makes me feel safe. There was NO ONE in the field I knew, so that probably added to it. And having people I know on the sidelines isn't the same. In fact, this was the first time I've had a non-fighter on the sidelines watching me, other than in a war with my brothers. Lots of other fighters see me at practice, and there is often moments where only me and my opponent are working together But it's just the other guys watching and it's not the same as having my husband or my laurel on the sidelines. Sure, there's pressure, but it feels different somehow.
There's also the heat, the lack of sleep, the fact that I was away from home (either Ontario or Edmonton) and my family and doggies and stressed about having to return to Edmonton, and guilty about not spending enough time with family when I was back East, and the hormones, and the wedding reception and seeing everyone. It was probably a poor time to enter my first tournament.
Thanks, talking to you is making me look more closely at the situation and maybe I'll be able to figure out what the trigger was...