Tonight is the big night.
Record-setting phenom, Caitlin Clark, and the Iowa Hawkeyes take on defending national champion, LSU, to see who else gets to make a trip to the Final Four in women’s college basketball.
This is a rematch of the finals from one year ago, and being a former Iowa Hawkeye, I will definitely be tuning in.
Over the course of this season, although I have been impressed with Caitlin Clark’s basketball skills, I am not a fan of her whining and complaining.
This isn’t a female thing to me, where I condone men complaining but think it unseemly for women to do the same. I find it disgusting in either situation.
What I hate to see in sports, are athletes moaning, groaning, pissing and hissing during the game itself. Shut yer yaps and get on with the game.
Much of the complaining and theatrics we see in sports today, in my view, is a trickle-down from the NBA. The palms-up gestures to the referees, the flopping, the driving for a layup and expecting a foul call when no one touched you, the falling down and feigning an injury… all of it sucks.
On top of that, there’s the poor officiating. It’s almost anything goes, for some players, who are allowed to double-dribble, travel, palm the ball, commit offensive fouls and scream at the referees, with no ramifications whatsoever.
What used to be a foul is no longer a foul. What wasn’t a foul is now one. And technical fouls for some of the superstars are almost never called anymore.
Some athletes are allowed to bark at the refs during the entire game with no consequences. Or they are allowed to take four, five, six or seven steps, running with the ball from half-court, without dribbling, and that is perfectly fine so long as the slam dunk looks impressive.
Now we’re seeing this same type of behavior with competitors in middle school, high school and college.
I was impressed with Caitlin Clark on Saturday, when Iowa beat Colorado to advance to the Elite 8. She not only played well, but her demeanor was calm and relaxed. Noticeably, the other players picked up on her good vibe and their performance improved, too.
Tonight will be an extraordinarily rugged test for Clark. She’ll be facing the same LSU team that annihilated Iowa a year ago in the finals.
Will she play the game with the “calm mind-calm body” approach that she had on Saturday, the one that is taught in Lesson One of the Zero Resistance Living Course?
I certainly hope so and I’ll be rooting for her, unless she starts whining again.
No doubt, it’s tough to keep your composure under pressure, but when you do, the team benefits.
To cultivate the “calm mind-calm body” approach that Caitlin Clark showed on Saturday, to make it part of your daily modus operandi, go here.
The technique is incredibly simple to use, and the results you gain from using it are 100% reliable.
This technique alone turns whiners into winners, and complainers into champions.
Matt Furey
