Teams Identity

 

Is your team that team that everybody loves to hate, like the pitbull? They are the team that is tough to beat and they know it, and other teams love the challenge of trying to beat them.  Or is your team that team that is so easy everyone wants to playbecause they know will roll right over you.

What makes a team identity?  It is many factors, the main one is how the team as a whole sees it self.  If the Team sees it self as a very good team and they are not going to lose to anyone, more often than not they will.  Then if they have the attitude that they are not a very good team and they will be luck to win any games at all, they usually end up with a pretty bad season.  A lot of it has to do with the coaching I feel, the coach must let the players know what they expect out of each player and out of the team as a whole to get the best outcome.  The coach should find out from the players, as well, as to what they want out of the season and let them know that they will help them to get to their goals.

Many teams it just takes a lot of hard work.  Take last years Women's College Basketball Championship, now usually in a final game you expect to see one of 4 teams (UConn, Baylor, Stanford, or Tennessee).  These four teams are considered the Power Houses of the women's game, not just because they win almost all their games (except the ones they play against each other), but because they believe they are the best and their coaches believe they are the best.  But this last season none of those teams made it to the Championship game, Texas A&M and Notre Dame did.  These two teams are both great teams, and they work very hard to accomplish what they did.  They were the "underdogs" of the championship series.  Texas A&M had to beat Baylor who was number 1 at the time, and had (still has) one of the best post players ever (Britney Griner), but the fact that this was the 3rd time playing them helped, they knew what to expect and could plan for it.  They came into the game knowing that they were going to win this game no matter what it took. And they did, and went on to win Championship as well. 

In the end your team will be whatever you want it to be.  If you work hard to become what you want, and believe that you are the kind of team that everyone wants to beat, then you will be it.