Talking about curling in the olympic thread got me thinking of curling in general.
As many of you know, I curl twice a week. Tuesday we play in the competitive league.
And we haven't won in a couple of months. :mad: Now even on the less competitive Thursday night we've lost our last several games in a row.
But it's clearly something mental going on - we're pretty good curlers. Our skip went to the national championship (the Brier) a few years ago. In the past we've done very well in some quite competitive tournaments (called bonspiels). I don't know why we're sucking so much right now.
So any suggestions on how you can snap our of a slump?
Personally, vodka and nepotism.
Quote from: Barrister on February 05, 2010, 05:02:20 PMwe're pretty good curlers.
I think this is the first time that sentence has ever been written in the English language.
Woody Hayes would slap somebody and then make the team watch war movies.
Quote from: Liep on February 05, 2010, 05:05:44 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 05, 2010, 05:02:20 PMwe're pretty good curlers.
I think this is the first time that sentence has ever been written in the English language.
Not at all. A person who curls is a curler. There are plenty of both good and bad curlers out there.
Ragequitting is pretty popular in some Nordic countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs)
And we're supposed to believe a crap speech like that somehow inspired those players to play better? :yeahright:
How do you get out of a losing streak? Cheat.
Quote from: garbon on February 05, 2010, 05:03:52 PM
Personally, vodka and nepotism.
Throwing a fit and threatening to rage-quit has worked for me so far.
Leave Las Vegas.
I have no real idea.
The nearest comparison I can give you is school sports, where I can recall that one term my House lost every football (Soccer if you really must...) match, and then the next term we won them all. I didn't understand it then, and I do not understand it now.
I suspect that your team, or some members of it, are "jaded" in some way. Perhaps a change of routine is needed.
Well part of the problem has been we've had the same 4-man team for the last 3 years, but last fall our second broke his leg in a spectacular manner. We've found a replacement for him on Thursday nights, but we still scramble to find a spare on Tuesday nights.
I found the answer to snapping the losing streak.
We played a team of 12 year old boys, and crushed them. :menace:
Now let's see if we play any better...
Coincidentally, that's also Grallon's answer to getting out of a losing streak.
Quote from: Habbaku on February 09, 2010, 01:09:39 PM
Coincidentally, that's also Grallon's answer to getting out of a losing streak.
:snaredrum:
:lmfao:
Quote from: Barrister on February 09, 2010, 01:06:28 PM
I found the answer to snapping the losing streak.
We played a team of 12 year old boys, and crushed them. :menace:
Now let's see if we play any better...
That should work.
It works with pro-sports teams anyway.
Only replace 12 year old boys for shit teams.
Just for the record we didn't "pick on" these kids. They entered the adult league, they wanted the competition - so we gave it to them. :menace:
Beeb, do you think that defense would hold up in court?
Quote from: Habbaku on February 09, 2010, 01:32:57 PM
Beeb, do you think that defense would hold up in court?
On a roll.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM
how to end a losing streak? play with yourself.
Quote from: Habbaku on February 09, 2010, 01:09:39 PM
Coincidentally, that's also Grallon's answer to getting out of a losing streak.
:XD: