NO such thing as big game players . . .

I really do not believe in big game players. I think their are people who can play at the level they train. What you see in big games is the players who have trained to compete in big games, instead of just training, can still hang at the that level. The average player that just works hard and puts in their time hasn't prepared for that moment and falls by the wayside. Its not a matter of stepping up as it is everyone else who hasn't earned it falling off.

My pet peeve is kids who train and practice as if their is a switch that they can flick on at game time. When the game is on the line, when everything is hard and everyone is moving at 100 mph so how they'll flick this switch and have skills they have never trained to execute in that environment. You play the way you practice, but if practice isn't championship level you won't be able to play in a championship game.

I don't know how you gets kids to play and practice harder. There seems to be kids who buy in regardless, and then others who you could try to reach any way possible who just won't give 110% all the time. It is these kids who end up struggling in the biggest moments looking for excuses, reasons or solutions and there aren't any. The solution was the last 6 monthes.