Humbled, or humiliated?

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Originally posted by rainmaker
I'm attending the 3-whistle camp where Rockyroad is teaching this weekend, and I'm feeling pretty humble, or is it humiliated? What's the saying, "The more you know, the more you know that you don't know..."

I think I've got it to where I can either referee, or do the mechanics, but both at once!?... Now that's a trick!!

And we're not even allowed to keep trying. We were told very emphatically that we have to just do!

The good part is that physically, I'm doing a lot better than last year, and I am definitely up to the challenge. Mentally, I tire very quickly. The concentration required is so intense and the details are so numerous! And the action is so fast!

Still, I've got twelve hours now, to rest and regroup and it's at least possible that by this time tomorrow I may be able to move up to "adequate". And with the rest of June to keep working on this stuff, by the end of the summer, perhaps even "competent". One never knows...

As a clinician, the thing I look for most from campers is improvement. Our job is to make you better and we want you to do it quickly, but like Jeff said, we will all make mistakes, especially at a camp, but can you take what you have been given and work with it and improve? Keep working hard at improving.

Concentration will come easier once you are comfortable with what you are doing on the court and once you can "do both at once" you can concentrate fully on the game and not so much on where you stand, what your posture is like, what do you do next, etc.

Don't get down on yourself. Just keep working hard.