http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Bonnie+Schaefer Sports Bonnie Schaefer Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60101&ca=Sports Champions don’t think in the midst of competition. They trust themselves to already know what to do and how to do it. Failure to trust leads to failure on the field. When the game is on the line and the ball is in the hands of a champion, she is not thinking about how to set her feet or what her for... Sports Bonnie Schaefer Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60102&ca=Sports Goals are great. They provide direction, focus, clarity. A team that intends to win a state championship is going to approach the game different from a team that is just playing for the sake of playing. An athlete who intends to qualify for the Olympics is going to train different from an athlete wh... Sports Bonnie Schaefer Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60100&ca=Sports Champions never apologize. At least not for their athletic performance. Apologies are necessary in certain situations. Like when a fault or offense is committed. The person who committed the fault ought to acknowledge the wrong action by expressing regret or asking forgiveness. But should an error o... Sports Bonnie Schaefer Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60098&ca=Sports To win is a noble goal. And one all athletes should strive for. Nothing matches the intoxicating feeling of conquering the competition. For in that moment, that hour, that day, winners are invincible. Yes, winning is important. Champions love to win. But champions don't play to win. While winning is... Sports Bonnie Schaefer Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60099&ca=Sports Nobody likes to make mistakes. Who wants to be the kid who struck out to end the game? Or the boy who dropped the ball in the end zone? Or the girl who missed the game-winning shot? Nobody. Especially impressionable young athletes. So they play tentative. They play not to make mistakes. And end up m...