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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[2018 6 Nations] Round 5 : England v Ireland (17/03/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Ruggleby" data-source="post: 895263" data-attributes="member: 41553"><p>The quotes themselves are cringe-worthy, but players definitely do get motivated by the press/social media, even if their media training tells them never to admit it in public. Speaking both from personal experience and from what we've seen multiple times from top sports teams. Most of what the media presents has stemmed from a comment made by one of the opposition coaches/players or is a general reflection of public (fan) sentiment. To suggest that this doesn't get to players is pretty crazy! </p><p></p><p>Psychology plays a massive part in professional sport - why do you think home advantage is so significant? Familiarity with the surface and pitch dimensions possibly plays a small part, as does the pre-game routine. But without question, it's the support (or lack thereof) from fans that drives teams on to better/worse performances.</p><p></p><p>No athlete operates at 100% consistency. The higher the level, the less is left to chance or emotion, but there will always be scope for an extra push if the motivation is there. Whether it's a situation as powerful as the Anthony Foley tragedy, a team standing up to the Haka, the local news lambasting your head coach as a clown...until sport is literally played by robots, emotion and psychology will always play a huge part. Personally I think that's a good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr Ruggleby, post: 895263, member: 41553"] The quotes themselves are cringe-worthy, but players definitely do get motivated by the press/social media, even if their media training tells them never to admit it in public. Speaking both from personal experience and from what we've seen multiple times from top sports teams. Most of what the media presents has stemmed from a comment made by one of the opposition coaches/players or is a general reflection of public (fan) sentiment. To suggest that this doesn't get to players is pretty crazy! Psychology plays a massive part in professional sport - why do you think home advantage is so significant? Familiarity with the surface and pitch dimensions possibly plays a small part, as does the pre-game routine. But without question, it's the support (or lack thereof) from fans that drives teams on to better/worse performances. No athlete operates at 100% consistency. The higher the level, the less is left to chance or emotion, but there will always be scope for an extra push if the motivation is there. Whether it's a situation as powerful as the Anthony Foley tragedy, a team standing up to the Haka, the local news lambasting your head coach as a clown...until sport is literally played by robots, emotion and psychology will always play a huge part. Personally I think that's a good thing. [/QUOTE]
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