Yesterday, Belmont Abbey and Pfeiffer fought a long, hard battle. At half time, the score was seven to three, but not all hope was lost. By the second half, both teams had flow. Flow is "the state in which people are so involved in activity that nothing else seems to matter" (Csikszentmihalyi 1990). There are nine dimensions of flow that are experienced. The one most obvious in this game was the situation matched the skills. By the end of the second half, the score was matched ten to ten. With the stakes high, the teams entered over time that consisted of two three minute periods. In the end, Pfeiffer scored one goal and was able to hold back the Crusaders from scoring in the remaining time. Pfeiffer was able to pull through overtime because they were more mentally tough than the Crusaders. Under pressure, they were able to maintain control and focus.
As a player on the Belmont Abbey squad, it is a hard loss to sallow because it was a loss only by one goal. A game is all about who makes the least mistakes. Maybe if our team had done one more thing differently, we would have won the battle. Life is full of what ifs, but all we can focus on is learning from these mistakes and keep moving forward. As a team, we never backed down and that is one point to appreciated.
More to come. #5
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