I was a bit missing this weekend, and in fact I haven't posted anything on the platform for several days now. If anyone noticed my absence I thank you for your kind gesture of concern, and if you didn't notice it, it's better this way so it doesn't affect me emotionally (laughs). What happened is that on Wednesday playing a basketball game I sprained my ankle, and it was a fact that triggered a series of unfortunate events regarding my existence, starting because the next day I had to play a game that could give us direct qualification to the second round, and I missed, not to say that we did not win because of my participation; because days before I had agreed with my teammates that from that game I was going to lead us as coach because we were too messed up as a team.

That day I could hardly walk, and one of my teammates did me the favor of going to look for me so I could lead the team in that game, but the effort was in vain because we lost. The other team was no better, even though they had two young players, professional talents, who with some experience at other levels, their slight superiority in the game was noticeable; but that did not mean that we played a bad game or that we lost because we surrendered to the reality that tucked us in to prevent us from getting the victory. To begin with, as it was in the whole tournament, the referees, judges to whom respect and consideration should be given, were always against the team because we are relative outsiders in the tournament; it was the first time we played that competition and as in all sports where outsiders are undesirables who are not given any consideration whatsoever. You could see the position of the judges with each sentence, because it was either that or they had not learned the rules of basketball refereeing, but I do not think they were so mediocre as to referee a game they do not know.

As a result of that defeat some teammates were upset because they did not play the game, and it is understandable because all of us as athletes always want to compete and give our best for the victory, but regrettably those people did not show winning attitudes in the previous games of the tournament, which led me to decide as a coach that they could not play such an important game and against professional players, because logic dictates to me that if a person does not prove to be suitable in a regular environment, but demonstrates the opposite, then in an extraordinary environment it will be the same or worse, or at least my sporting experience has taught me that knowledge. Two people left the team, one of them didn't play a single minute, and the other one played because one of the other guys was doing poorly, but when he played he came in with the same negative and discouraged attitude he showed throughout the game.

After the age of 21 in sports we are not children where we have to be considered as such because life is not considered with anyone, and even less when it is a sporting competition where there are people involved against each other to achieve a goal which is victory. When one starts in sports they always give everyone the opportunity to play so that they do not get discouraged and form a wrong idea of the sport; but they also teach us to fight for opportunities and to understand that if we do not have the level to compete, no one will take us into account. If the world of sport were considered everyone could become professionals, it's nice, but it would diminish the quality of sport because no one would strive for anything because the opportunities do not represent any value, and that is what makes the sport is only for the fit, that every opportunity and every chance if not taken can deprive you of what you like to do at any level, because the fact that we are not professional does not mean we are not athletes.

Unfortunately many of the people who are at the amateur level of sport are those who do not give value to opportunities, and therefore believe that anyone can play, and above all they deserve to play, but that does not generate victories in the games because the determination does not work when there is no value in every opportunity we receive, and if we think we deserve those opportunities because we are someone then we are wrong because to get to prove to be someone better you must do the job better, you must take the opportunities better, you must have better determination and attitude, and you must be better and better every time. Whoever wants to do sports for fun is not criticized, everyone has their own way of thinking, but when competition is involved in sports, fun is left aside because it is not the one who has the most fun who wins, but the one who is most determined to win.

Hay muchos deportes que no necesariamente involucran una competencia como por ejemplo la bailoterapia, el pilates, el yoga, y algunos más que no fundamentan un enfrentamiento entre personas, sino quizás entre el mismo individuo y su lucha por superarse en su disciplina, pero para desgracia de los pacifistas, el deporte casi siempre va a ser competencia entre una persona y otra por determinar quien fue mejor, o quien tuvo más suerte, o quien hizo el trabajo; pero una persona no puede tener siempre la suerte de su lado por lo que siempre tiene que estar constantemente trabajando por mejorar y llegar así a ganar más que otros sin necesidad de dañar a los otros, todo es un trabajo introspectivo como individuos y como equipo para poder vencer a los demás que no tendrán ninguna consideración a la hora del duelo. Esa es la actitud de un buen deportista, los demás son sólo personas haciendo deporte y de esa forma no se consiguen victorias.

There are many sports that do not necessarily involve competition such as dance therapy, pilates, yoga, and some others that are not based on a confrontation between people, but perhaps between the same individual and their struggle to excel in their discipline, but unfortunately for pacifists, sport is almost always going to be competition between one person and another to determine who was better, or who was luckier, or who did the job; But a person can not always have luck on his side so he must always be constantly working to improve and thus get to win more than others without the need to harm others, everything is an introspective work as individuals and as a team to beat the others who will not have any consideration at the time of the duel. That is the attitude of a good athlete, the others are just people doing sports and that way you do not get victories.