DUE Wednesday, September 7th
Directions: Answer the question(s) below by responding to the original post. Do not create a new post. Be sure that you are responding to the original so that the entire class can read your responses.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Respond to the original post in at least 3 sentences.
2. Respond to the response of one of your peers by starting with...
"I agree with [FILL IN NAME HERE]..." I disagree with [FILL IN NAME HERE]..."
PROMPT
Using Roger Kahn's article, The Crucial Role Fear Plays in Sports, explain the role that fear played in the success of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team.
QUOTES TO CONSIDER
"It is never possible to conquer fear, but it can be subdued for a time."
"Watch the great athlete work at his craft and you see someone that has know fear before and who will know again but goes about his job fearlessly."
"...there is something to cause fear in every avenue of sport, and whatever exists is sufficient. To the athlete, fear is a condition of the job."
"The other fear in sports, fear of failure, is less predictable, more common, less understood, more discussed, and runs into the science of psychiatry."
"[Fear] also strikes athletes without regard to race, creed, or intelligence. It also strikes them without regard to the actual peril in their work."
I think fear played a huge role in the success of the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team. Since they played the Soviet Union before the Olympics, they got the fear they had out of their systems. So when they did play the Soviets again they knew what the Soviets had, and then beat them the second time around.
ReplyDeletei think fear was used on the 1980 Olympic team by the coach. He pounded them and made them go to the next level so that they knew who's boss and feared him. i agree with danny on how playing the soviets before them helped them get over there fear
ReplyDeleteI agree with Danny but i also believe that the U.S feared what would happen to there country if they lost. The Soviets had already invaded other countries what would stop them from invading the U.S. when there morale is so low. And i think the U.S. feared that so thats why they fought so hard on ice.
ReplyDeleteI think that fear played a big role in 1980 U.S hockey team, because they had a multiple fear. They had a fear of letting down people in United State by losing to the Communist Soviet. They also had the fear because they lost to the Soviets right before the Olympics. I agree with Joe on how the coach used his fear to train the players.
ReplyDeleteJoe brings up a good point when he talks about how the coach has put fear into his own players. I think that he knew what he was doing and did that o purpose. He showed them what fear was like and that instead of cowering down they should use that fear to grow and become better hockey players. They used the fear of all the talk about how good the Soviets were and went out and played possibly one of the best hockey games in history.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Ryan and Joe, in saying that there was fear that propelled the team, but it was fear of the coach. The coach would rather have the players scared of him then the Russians. He knew that if they were scared of the Russian there would be no way they could win. So he instilled fear of himself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Peter because many of the players on the USA team were rivals in college, and the team needed a scapegoat to turn to instead of fighting within the team. I also agree with Danny because the coach wanted the team to learn the speed and intensity of the Soviet team. If he hadn't he would have avoided playing them as much as possible so the team wouldn't lose confidence.
ReplyDeleteI like what Joe said, explaning how the coach put fear into the players. But at the same time i think the players were scared of the situation they were in. They were playing the Soviet Union who at the time had the best team in hockey. As soon as the team was able to over come their fear of the Soviets they were able to win the second time around.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Adam, I think the coach did put fear into his players initially to show that they can't mess around and they later overcame it.. This was proven when USA played the Soviet Union for the first time, they had fear in them, and they weren't focused. It all depends on the situation though, I think. More preparation leads to less fear of the opponents.
ReplyDeleteZack Hebebrand: I agree with Joe concerning the fact that the coach enstilled fear into the U.S. hockey team (mainly about the Soviets). This fear was to be used as motivation for the team to get better and come together. Without the fear, the United States would have never had a chance against the Soviets because they would not have known the true challenge they were going up against.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Peter. His response is exactly what i was thinking. The coach pushed the team very hard and never gave up. It seems like, in a way, the hockey players feared the coach, rather than the soviets. The US hockey team knew they HAD to win. They didn't want to see what the coach would do if they lost. They feared the idea of loss, and what the outcome would be if they did lose.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe, I think the coach made his players fear him more than the Soviets. I thought it helped the players when they played the Soviet Union before the auctual game. It also helped the players prepare mentally because they knew how the Soviets were going to play.
ReplyDeleteFear definately played a huge roll in the United States' succcess in the 1980 olympics. The fear of defeat and failure made the team work that muuch harder at becoming the best they could be. Also, the fear of Herb Brooks made a big difference as well. The fear that if they(the team) screwed up they would have to do extra work made them work harder. Like Mike said, the coach made his players fear him more than the Soviets.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe, but I dont think the US hockey team had any fear until after they tied in the Sweden game. Herb "skated them" then the young team knew that this wasnt a joke anymore. Also Herb was 100% real with them he didnt try to pump them up against the Soviets. But to pull the fear out of them and make them the best hockey team in the world.
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