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Old 27th March 2008, 21:42   #601 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Plechazunga View Post
Not all players constantly get better though. Sometimes an incredibly talented player can fall off, and not always due to injury or lack of application. Sometimes the mojo just goes. All sorts of factors go into being able to compete at the top level and keep improving, and a big one is will to win. Some players win a certain amount, and then just lose the hunger, they may keep training just as diligently but something in them goes.
You probably have a point. But you do wonder if the players who fall away really are being as diligent in training as they think they are?

I also wonder if falling away actually means getting worse or just failing to keep improving at the same rate as their peers. Of course, once this happens it probably messes with their heads, they get even more de-motivated and it all becomes a bit of a vicious circle.
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