09 July 2010

Impact of mindset

Today we are spectator to one more incidence of catastrophic repercussion of mindset on performance.
The semi final match between Germany and Spain, though was a vehement competition, but  I believe that, what worked on the field in favor of the Spain was not the Spanish caliber but the pessimistic German mind-set.
Until the last game, Paul has been predicting Germany's games correctly which induced high German belief in it; and consequently when it predicted Spanish victory, Germans were crestfallen. I found that on the play briskness and vivacity was missing among Germans, a team who ferociously trounced the Argentine Juggernaut. 
But I also appreciate the German game because they didn't sulked like the nonconforming Argentinians.