Push, prod, poke

The team, collectively, without verbalizing it said:

“oh it’s not working, we’re losing, let’s stop trying”

But the captain was having none of this. He roared:

“We’re not going out like this! Let’s take it up a notch!

I think if there’s a huge gulf in class and the team has no chance of mounting a comeback then yeah let them die.

But if you find yourself beside talented folk who may be out of practice with increasing their effort to match the level of difficulty, then a push, a prod, or a poke can be a great kick up the bum to get over that hurdle.

Like for example if Namibia are down 100 points against the All blacks and there’s only 10 minutes left, save your energy.

But if Ireland are down by 3 points against South Africa and there’s a hint of defeatism creeping in, nip that in the bud and issue a call to dig deeper immediately!