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Building a Team
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team.
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
GYMNASTICS
No Thursday PM Classes for the next 6 weeks.
This week, we’re working on handstand push-up development. We’ll start on the floor working on hip drive power, headstand balance and core work followed by box and wall drills before a strength piece to finish.
HYBRID FITNESS
This week's HYBRID session, we are working through repeats of specific sections of the race to dial in timings and feel. The primary focus will be on the initial four stages of the race.
MOBILITY
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week, we will focus on the squat snatch. With a fun complex snatch pull, Hang squat snatch and OHS. Great technique session!
The Monday Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com\
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Nad al Sheeba
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Wednesday - Indoor Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Thursday - Endurance Strength
A strength class focused on key movements for endurance athletes to help avoid injury, build speed and develop strength.
Time: 06:30am
Location: This is a paid class session at InnerFight HQ. If you're interested to join, email winning@innerfight.com
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner. We start together, run hard then finish together and chat about it over a coffee and breakfast.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Monday
Session: LRC Tempo
There is no in-person session today. LRC Unlimited and Online clients, please check your TrainingPeaks accounts for the built session. Enjoy.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. Come ready to run fast and have fun.
Wednesday
Session: LRC Intervals
There is no in-person session today. LRC Unlimited and Online clients, please check your TrainingPeaks accounts for the built session. Enjoy.
Friday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run
This is our weekly Tempo Session with InnerFight Endurance. Come ready to run, work hard, and enjoy coffee afterwards.
Sunday
Time: 5:29am
Location: Cafe Peloton car park
Session: The Coffee Run
Route options:
5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/evqgc848
10km: https://onthegomap.com/s/63kid650
14.5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/v56bkn24
19.5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/se0bifs8
Monday:
Starting the week chasing a 1RM in the push press before partnering up to chase some Calories on the ski!
Strength:
Every 90 sec x 8 - 1 Push press build to a max
Conditioning:
3 Rounds in pairs, in a 7-minute window
40/30 cal ski
40 TTB
40 push Press (60/40)
Cal Ski in the remaining time
Rest 3 mins
Tuesday:
Bringing the heat on a Tuesday with some 1RM Deadlifts! 9min AMRAP will follow this workout will get Spicy!
Strength:
A) EMOM 12
M1 - 20-30 sec dip support
M2 - 20 sec/leg sl glute bridge
M3 - 15 Banded Good Mornings
B) Every 90 sec x 6 - 2 Deadlift building
C) 8 mins to establish a 1RM
Conditioning:
9min AMRAP
5 DL @ 60% of 1 RM
5 Handstand Push Ups
*Every round, add one rep!
Wednesday:
Some strict work to get the upper body working, then 8 3-minute rounds where the harder you work, the more rest you get!
Strength:
EMOM x 10 1/5 strict pull-ups
Conditioning:
Every 3 mins x 8
18/15/12 cal Ass bike
8 DB Thrusters
8 pull-ups
Thursday:
What better than building to a heavy Front Squat followed by all-out 500m efforts on the rower.
Strength
A) Every 2 mins x 5 - 2/2/2/2/5 front squat
B) Every 2.30 mins x 5 16 KB Walking Lunge into 12 Alt KB Gorilla Rows
Conditioning:
For time
500m row
Rest 3 mins
500m row
Friday:
What an end to the week, an upper-body pump session in Therapy!
Strength:
Every 90 sec x 9
A: 12-15 DB Skull Crushers
B: 10-15 barbell bicep curl
C: 5/5 Alternating DB Z Press
Conditioning:
28min AMRAP
3 DB Renegade Rows
12 Dual DB Deadlift
5 Wall Walks
Pool Run
Rest 90 sec
Every round + 1 Renegade Row on Each Arm
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
The Monday Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com\
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Nad al Sheeba
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Wednesday - Indoor Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Thursday - Endurance Strength
A strength class focused on key movements for endurance athletes to help avoid injury, build speed and develop strength.
Time: 06:30am
Location: This is a paid class session at InnerFight HQ. If you're interested to join, email winning@innerfight.com
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner. We start together, run hard then finish together and chat about it over a coffee and breakfast.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
Monday
Session: LRC Tempo
There is no in-person session today. LRC Unlimited and Online clients, please check your TrainingPeaks accounts for the built session. Enjoy.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. Come ready to run fast and have fun.
Wednesday
Session: LRC Intervals
There is no in-person session today. LRC Unlimited and Online clients, please check your TrainingPeaks accounts for the built session. Enjoy.
Friday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run
This is our weekly Tempo Session with InnerFight Endurance. Come ready to run, work hard, and enjoy coffee afterwards.
Sunday
Time: 5:29am
Location: Cafe Peloton car park
Session: The Coffee Run
Route options:
5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/evqgc848
10km: https://onthegomap.com/s/63kid650
14.5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/v56bkn24
19.5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/se0bifs8
Monday:
Starting the week chasing a 1RM in the push press before partnering up to chase some Calories on the ski!
Strength:
Every 90 sec x 8 - 1 Push press build to a max
Conditioning:
3 Rounds in pairs, in a 7-minute window
40/30 cal ski
40 TTB
40 push Press (60/40)
Cal Ski in the remaining time
Rest 3 mins
Tuesday:
Bringing the heat on a Tuesday with some 1RM Deadlifts! 9min AMRAP will follow this workout will get Spicy!
Strength:
A) EMOM 12
M1 - 20-30 sec dip support
M2 - 20 sec/leg sl glute bridge
M3 - 15 Banded Good Mornings
B) Every 90 sec x 6 - 2 Deadlift building
C) 8 mins to establish a 1RM
Conditioning:
9min AMRAP
5 DL @ 60% of 1 RM
5 Handstand Push Ups
*Every round, add one rep!
Wednesday:
Some strict work to get the upper body working, then 8 3-minute rounds where the harder you work, the more rest you get!
Strength:
EMOM x 10 1/5 strict pull-ups
Conditioning:
Every 3 mins x 8
18/15/12 cal Ass bike
8 DB Thrusters
8 pull-ups
Thursday:
What better than building to a heavy Front Squat followed by all-out 500m efforts on the rower.
Strength
A) Every 2 mins x 5 - 2/2/2/2/5 front squat
B) Every 2.30 mins x 5 16 KB Walking Lunge into 12 Alt KB Gorilla Rows
Conditioning:
For time
500m row
Rest 3 mins
500m row
Friday:
What an end to the week, an upper-body pump session in Therapy!
Strength:
Every 90 sec x 9
A: 12-15 DB Skull Crushers
B: 10-15 barbell bicep curl
C: 5/5 Alternating DB Z Press
Conditioning:
28min AMRAP
3 DB Renegade Rows
12 Dual DB Deadlift
5 Wall Walks
Pool Run
Rest 90 sec
Every round + 1 Renegade Row on Each Arm
GYMNASTICS
No Thursday PM Classes for the next 6 weeks.
This week, we’re working on handstand push-up development. We’ll start on the floor working on hip drive power, headstand balance and core work followed by box and wall drills before a strength piece to finish.
HYBRID FITNESS
This week's HYBRID session, we are working through repeats of specific sections of the race to dial in timings and feel. The primary focus will be on the initial four stages of the race.
MOBILITY
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week, we will focus on the squat snatch. With a fun complex snatch pull, Hang squat snatch and OHS. Great technique session!
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
Monday
Session: LRC Tempo
There is no in-person session today. LRC Unlimited and Online clients, please check your TrainingPeaks accounts for the built session. Enjoy.
Tuesday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Session: Track Tuesday
This is your chance to run fast with the wider IFE community and coaches. Come ready to run fast and have fun.
Wednesday
Session: LRC Intervals
There is no in-person session today. LRC Unlimited and Online clients, please check your TrainingPeaks accounts for the built session. Enjoy.
Friday
Time: 5:59am
Location: Common Grounds
Session: The Coffee Run
This is our weekly Tempo Session with InnerFight Endurance. Come ready to run, work hard, and enjoy coffee afterwards.
Sunday
Time: 5:29am
Location: Cafe Peloton car park
Session: The Coffee Run
Route options:
5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/evqgc848
10km: https://onthegomap.com/s/63kid650
14.5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/v56bkn24
19.5km: https://onthegomap.com/s/se0bifs8
Monday:
Starting the week chasing a 1RM in the push press before partnering up to chase some Calories on the ski!
Strength:
Every 90 sec x 8 - 1 Push press build to a max
Conditioning:
3 Rounds in pairs, in a 7-minute window
40/30 cal ski
40 TTB
40 push Press (60/40)
Cal Ski in the remaining time
Rest 3 mins
Tuesday:
Bringing the heat on a Tuesday with some 1RM Deadlifts! 9min AMRAP will follow this workout will get Spicy!
Strength:
A) EMOM 12
M1 - 20-30 sec dip support
M2 - 20 sec/leg sl glute bridge
M3 - 15 Banded Good Mornings
B) Every 90 sec x 6 - 2 Deadlift building
C) 8 mins to establish a 1RM
Conditioning:
9min AMRAP
5 DL @ 60% of 1 RM
5 Handstand Push Ups
*Every round, add one rep!
Wednesday:
Some strict work to get the upper body working, then 8 3-minute rounds where the harder you work, the more rest you get!
Strength:
EMOM x 10 1/5 strict pull-ups
Conditioning:
Every 3 mins x 8
18/15/12 cal Ass bike
8 DB Thrusters
8 pull-ups
Thursday:
What better than building to a heavy Front Squat followed by all-out 500m efforts on the rower.
Strength
A) Every 2 mins x 5 - 2/2/2/2/5 front squat
B) Every 2.30 mins x 5 16 KB Walking Lunge into 12 Alt KB Gorilla Rows
Conditioning:
For time
500m row
Rest 3 mins
500m row
Friday:
What an end to the week, an upper-body pump session in Therapy!
Strength:
Every 90 sec x 9
A: 12-15 DB Skull Crushers
B: 10-15 barbell bicep curl
C: 5/5 Alternating DB Z Press
Conditioning:
28min AMRAP
3 DB Renegade Rows
12 Dual DB Deadlift
5 Wall Walks
Pool Run
Rest 90 sec
Every round + 1 Renegade Row on Each Arm
GYMNASTICS
No Thursday PM Classes for the next 6 weeks.
This week, we’re working on handstand push-up development. We’ll start on the floor working on hip drive power, headstand balance and core work followed by box and wall drills before a strength piece to finish.
HYBRID FITNESS
This week's HYBRID session, we are working through repeats of specific sections of the race to dial in timings and feel. The primary focus will be on the initial four stages of the race.
MOBILITY
WEIGHTLIFTING
This week, we will focus on the squat snatch. With a fun complex snatch pull, Hang squat snatch and OHS. Great technique session!
The Monday Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com\
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: The Loop Cafe, Nad al Sheeba
Track Tuesday
Our weekly on track speed session! For any level of runner looking to build their run speed, threshold and Vo2max fitness and run with the best running community in Dubai.
Time: 05:59 am
Session Length: 1 hour
Location: Dubai Sports City Sports Park
Wednesday - Indoor Ride
Our community program is delivered via TrainingPeaks for AED 750 p/month. If you're interested to have a plan to follow, email tw@innerfight.com
Thursday - Endurance Strength
A strength class focused on key movements for endurance athletes to help avoid injury, build speed and develop strength.
Time: 06:30am
Location: This is a paid class session at InnerFight HQ. If you're interested to join, email winning@innerfight.com
Friday - Coffee Run
Our weekly tempo run. Sessions are built on an RPE scale and accessible to all levels of runner. We start together, run hard then finish together and chat about it over a coffee and breakfast.
Brief time: 05:54 am
Start time: 05:59 am
Start Location: Common Grounds
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
As a kid I never played any team sports, I was into gymnastics.
The earliest memories I have from being part of a team is during PE in school and we had to pick teams.
The teacher would point out two kids of the class and they could pick a team member alternating until the group was divided into two. We all been there and no one wants to be that kid that is last to get pushed into the group just because there is nobody else left.
Luckily I was never that kid, but I always felt bad for them to get picked last. I would have hated it, the fact that they just don’t believe in you being a good addition to the team is what makes it worse.
My confidence would drop, even if it would be something I might be good at.
So keeping that in mind whenever I would be the person to pick the teams, although I would love to win- as I’m super competitive. The first person I would pick was one of the kids, who most of the time - would be last in. Why?
Think about it, you gonna end up with one of the weaker persons of the group anyway. So in my head it made sense to pick the weakest first so they feel like they matter and if someone believes they matter they will give 100% effort.
If your weakest person on the team gives it there best then that will lift the whole team!
Did we win every time? Probably not, but that’s not what really matters. What matters is that every one in the team felt like they were important.
The year 2016 was the first time I was part of a professional team. The competition was called “GRID league”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pro_Grid_League if you want to look into it, as you probably never heard of it as it was only up and running for three years.
I got picked by the "Phoenix Rise” who ended up winning that year for the first time.
Here is why I believe our team won the title.
We Spend Time Together
We lived in the same hotel for 8 weeks, we literally were 24/7 together. If we were not training we would hang out. The town Provo in Utah were we lived wasn’t much to do so we would find ways to keep ourself entertained. The girls would rehearse dances from MTV video clips and convince one of the guys to play along and learn the dance moves. We spend weeks on getting the steps right and the best part was to see Danny ( the biggest guy on the team) do the same moves.
In the evenings we would all go for dinner and after we would hang out and play games. The best game was to read out loud your DM’s or when we would challenge one of the team members to do something stupid like eating a teaspoon of cinnamon or snorting chili peppers for a few bucks.
Point being, we had fun together and didn’t take things to serious when we were not training. Spending time together creates bonds and the best relations are made in my opinion when you are laughing and having fun!
We Hold Each Other Accountable
Showing up for training twice a day wasn’t the problem, everyone loved to workout. We would keep each other accountable on doing the extra’s the coach gave us that we didn’t like to do. The boring stuff. Most of the time there was someone who had the same weaknesses so than we would team up in smaller groups and help each other out.
When someone wasn’t preforming well in training we would call them out. This brought some tension between certain teammates but the coach always made sure that it would be resolved before we left the gym. It’s important for the team that you can tell them straight what’s the problem is without them getting upset.
We Were Transparent With Each Other
Knowing your strength and weaknesses and paring up with a team mate that is strong where you are weak, so the team can make it through the other side as fast as possible. But sometimes it would also be stepping aside and letting someone else take your place because that was the best for the team. Even if that meant you couldn’t play that day.
Objective : Win the Championship
Strategy : End your life to win every game
Teamwork is useless if no one knows the goal or vision they are working toward.
Set those goals during each session or match.
Share them with the team.
Talk about them
Check in after each match
We Trusted Each Other
There's nothing else as important as trust in a team. Knowing that your team mate will hold on to the bar until all the work is done. A lot of the movements were synchronized so you had to trust one another to do the required work in the tempo we practiced. Or knowing when someone is close to their end and tagging in to finish the set without loosing time. Being efficient in transitions, trusting that they will catch the bar that is popped off your shoulders.
Trust allows you to be honest with each other without worrying that feelings will be hurt, allows you to be open to feedback without feeling attacked and in this case - when competing, it prevents you to not get injured.
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