Sunday, March 31, 2019

The Agony of Defeat

Playing sports is to learn about losing. No matter how good your team and how many games you win, you will almost certainly lose more big games that you will win. It hurts. A lot. But after the hurt comes the knowledge that you were part of an intense competition and that you did your best.

The boys lost a very closely played contest last night. In the fourth game of an evenly played series, they lost 1-0. There were tears afterward, but hopefully, this morning, they realize how much they accomplished.

I thought it was a very weak team at the beginning of the year, but they improved so much that I am almost astounded.

Job well done by players, coaches, helpers and the parents, who were great sports. Even the grandparents, if I may say so. /wink/

Onto the photos beginning with a few of Jonathan — in the middle of both photos.




Action photos.







I like this for the reflections.



The dagger: only one goal was scored. He shoots in the first frame, and the puck rolls into the net in the next photo.




At the end, the coach had the team take a victory lap to acknowledge an excellent game and season.


8 comments:

Marie Smith said...

Such a successful year!

Thickethouse.wordpress said...

They seem to have a very good coach who helped them improve so much. Your photos are great!

Mara said...

About the one with the reflections: I think the boy in red might be a vampire as he does not seem to have a reflection at all. There is somebody further away who is, but not him. Weird.

Mage said...

I am glad too that they had such a growth filled and wonderful season.

William Kendall said...

These are excellent action shots.

Hena Tayeb said...

You got some great shots.

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KGMom said...

The lessons learned from playing sports are all about--your best effort, your team support, the camaraderie of the game, training to excel, etc.
It's not about winning--that's icing on top of the cake--sports is the cake.

Jenn Jilks said...

Excellent photos, as ever. Have you taken courses, just are you self-taught on the camera?