Originally posted by stongle
The thread was started cos it's the same every year, and was a rather facetious attempt to get UK teams to think about the easy route they take each year.
Sorry Stongle, But I was NOT trying to be facetious (I had to check the dictionary to find out what it means) My intention was to generate a genuine debate about the standard of UK paintballing across all the Divisions, based on the results of the major UK annual <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=paintball&v=56">paintball</a> event.
The results show that we are not up there with our European cousins, and I wondered why that is. If ,as some suggest, UK teams tend to play BELOW their proper level, then there is a case that the results at CC, should have seen UK teams actually placed higher. Right??
I feel it has to do with many things - mentality, approach, style, lack of proper <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=training&v=56">training</a>, and possibly a lack of analysis of performances in order to identify positives and opportunities for improvement.
We, at Escarmouche, whilst constrained by many things (e.g having only a max of 7 <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=people&v=56">people</a> at any practice, no other teams to practice against, and only playing 2 events all year- both Millenniums) are trying our best to work to our strengths, and practice and train properly. But it's tough.
We all face our own particular barriers to getting better, and I think once we recognise these we can develop effective strategies to overcome them, or at least minimise them.
It takes hard work, determination and for many of us, a knowledge of HOW to drill properly, HOW to analyse performance. We sometimes make assumptions that in knowing that we should drill, that we all know HOW to drill. But this is not always true.
Dougal
