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Message: [QUOTE="Huge, post: 2590762, member: 1992"] Sometimes though, if all players in the team play well personally then the team performance is brilliant. The truth is most people play their chosen sport for themselves, it's the same motivation they had from the beginning. When a little kid starts playing they play because they enjoy it and truly play for themselves generally having little appreciation or sense of a 'team' performance. I think you have to serve both masters, self and team. The motivation for sportspeople involved in singular participation sports is absolutely about personal performance but the desire to perform when part of a team, for example Davis Cup, goes through the roof. Along with it comes the real fear of letting down others. If you fail alone then that failure is bearable but when you fail and let down your team then the sick feeling is much magnified. A world champion from the eighties once said, if you can play as though it means nothing, when it means everything then you free yourself to perform. In no way do I think you would play any team sport solely for yourself but when you are pleased with your own performance you generally have served the teams best interests. [/QUOTE]

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